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the scene: you ride along a dirt road near Prolit village near Siem Reap, when a tuktuk flies through. Nothing new in this part of the world, is not it?
Until you the driver notice how Fred Flintstone is disguised.
Another bumps in your rear view mirror together. This is driven by an Australian with a painted face. The next wearing an American flag. Then there is the piece de resistance - a. Gold tuktuk completely trimmed with padded leather seats, TV / DVD, fan and mood lighting
There is invasion of tuktuks, barang (barang is the word for a foreigner employed in style Cambodia) - better known as the MaD Tuk Tuk challenge known
born of the ingenuity of the Madman, Phil Starling, the event is truly unique .. the Rhodesian born in Australia transplanted Cambodian residents with a "farmers slash iT background 'planted his derriere in Siem 07 Reap, when he moved with his wife there and started for Good a Difference an NGO to make accessible (aka MaD).
Not only that its even pronounced obsession with tuktuks offer him and his family with the transport (and reputation), it also acts as a vehicle means for worthy projects in one of the poorest villages in Cambodia to increase.
Every year around this time, a contingent of tuktuks meets the road in Siem Reap and northwest heads. First stop is Prolit village where the riders visit the recipients of MaD fundraising and it is then a free-for-all as they spin for 11 days throughout the country, rocketing along highways, over fields bumping and cows and pigs on unpaved streets breaking.
The Mad Tuk Tuk Challenge: What It Is
Each team can equip their vehicles as they wish and designs have a pirate ship, a deserted island Tuk Tuk (with a palm and thatch included) and a flint car (smooth completely hang with your legs off the floor).
one of these candidates in this year
It costs $ 2,000 per team enter race (with a maximum of three members) and every penny goes necessary through the village Tools and fuel, repair motorcycles, pay not glamorous to buy pieces salaries and other "Phil has all tuktuks, built especially for him, and delivered to his doorstep
As for the teams -. to get you come from far and wide dirty. , sweat a lot, dealing with numb bum and teasing by the locals and swat mosquitoes along the way. There is Sarah from New York, Sean from Canada, Thom and Jai from England, Lynnely from California Penny from Australia and Jad from Lebanon (of in Qatar lives) and a handful of expats in Cambodia living.
over the years there have been lawyers to seek doctors, students, professionals and a wide range of human thrill of a different kind. And while a few of them a little off the deep end went whereby they are sent home or taken to task the majority come for two things together: Adventure and support
"For me, it's about adventure, challenge and uncertainty." Sarah Slotnick said, flying from New York to participate. "I'll get a chance to see a new and unknown country in a new and unknown way and everything goes towards a great cause."
"I think it's about something to give back," Thom said Buttery, who come from Ford to film the event. "It is also for people who want to have a good time, while good to do something. What a way to see Cambodia!"
what they do on the Mad Tuk Tuk Challenge
Accompanying the group will be a doctor, free health care to monks and nuns in pagodas, where the tuktuk driver rules to provide for the night in. and for those who have no medical experience, there are ways to jump and sing along to do with the kids, teach a few English phrases or their services voluntarily in any way needed.
"we have a lot of fun, but we also do good things on the way," Phil said. "While we have a certain distance, we have a powwow every night, so that everyone can weigh about, what they want to do the next day. sometimes we take it easy when the teams are tired and sometimes we go full steam ahead and cover more ground. "
Start the motors every day covered for Mad Tuk Tuk challenge 2012
, the average distance is 180 km, with a number of stops along the way. The rally opens the way on April 6, and there are still openings for a few more teams. And if 11 days on the road too much sounds like roughing it, the MaD team plans a selection of shorter trips for the coming year.
www.madtuktukchallenge.com
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