India by Rickshaw · Makin Moves with Matt Podcast · Radar

Route, Landscape, and Preparation11:37 – 17:29

MattHost

11:37

That's crazy.

MattHost

11:38

Now I have here a map of what you did.

MattHost

11:40

I don't know what route exactly you did, but so you started the Southwest in what a city called

Lucas UngarettiGuest

11:46

Kochi, correct? Exactly.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

11:48

So we started in Kochi and then we had to get to Shillong, which is in the northeast, just above Bangladesh, if people can imagine that on a map, which means we have to go all the way up the entirety of India and around Bangladesh to get to Shillong, where the finish line was in 15 days.

MattHost

12:10

15 days? That's crazy.

MattHost

12:11

Because I see here, I put on the map, it says 63 hours driving, you know, nonstop.

MattHost

12:15

I don't know how accurate that is.

MattHost

12:17

But you did it in 15 days.

MattHost

12:18

You went from bottom of India to the top, like you said, on top of Bangladesh.

MattHost

12:24

So that is, I think everyone needs to look at a map to see really what you did and to really understand that.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:31

Oh, and here's the kicker.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:32

So it says 63 hours, except that would be in a car.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:37

These rickshaws don't go above 35 kilometers an hour.

MattHost

12:41

Oh, no, hell no. There's no image on the Google Maps for rickshaws.

MattHost

12:44

I'm sorry, I can't provide those details, but you did it in 15 days, right?

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:50

Exactly.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:51

In 15 days.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:52

And here's the other thing.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:53

So if you look at the map, Fort Kochi is near the bottom of India, but not entirely at the bottom.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:01

And what did my team decide to do? We decided to go south instead of north.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:05

So we added an extra 300 kilometer detour, 300 kilometers each way.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:09

So five, 600 kilometers.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:13

of a detour to go to the southernmost point of India during this trip.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:17

And I don't know why we were the only team that did that.

Route, Landscape, and Preparation11:37 – 17:29

MattHost

11:37

That's crazy.

MattHost

11:38

Now I have here a map of what you did.

MattHost

11:40

I don't know what route exactly you did, but so you started the Southwest in what a city called

Lucas UngarettiGuest

11:46

Kochi, correct? Exactly.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

11:48

So we started in Kochi and then we had to get to Shillong, which is in the northeast, just above Bangladesh, if people can imagine that on a map, which means we have to go all the way up the entirety of India and around Bangladesh to get to Shillong, where the finish line was in 15 days.

MattHost

12:10

15 days? That's crazy.

MattHost

12:11

Because I see here, I put on the map, it says 63 hours driving, you know, nonstop.

MattHost

12:15

I don't know how accurate that is.

MattHost

12:17

But you did it in 15 days.

MattHost

12:18

You went from bottom of India to the top, like you said, on top of Bangladesh.

MattHost

12:24

So that is, I think everyone needs to look at a map to see really what you did and to really understand that.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:31

Oh, and here's the kicker.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:32

So it says 63 hours, except that would be in a car.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:37

These rickshaws don't go above 35 kilometers an hour.

MattHost

12:41

Oh, no, hell no. There's no image on the Google Maps for rickshaws.

MattHost

12:44

I'm sorry, I can't provide those details, but you did it in 15 days, right?

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:50

Exactly.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:51

In 15 days.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:52

And here's the other thing.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

12:53

So if you look at the map, Fort Kochi is near the bottom of India, but not entirely at the bottom.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:01

And what did my team decide to do? We decided to go south instead of north.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:05

So we added an extra 300 kilometer detour, 300 kilometers each way.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:09

So five, 600 kilometers.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:13

of a detour to go to the southernmost point of India during this trip.

Lucas UngarettiGuest

13:17

And I don't know why we were the only team that did that.