<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em>Starting on the 10th September 2011, Marc Richardson, Sean Richardson and&nbsp;</em></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em>Robbi Malandreniotis</em></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em>&nbsp;(team name: 'Gandhi Warhol') are driving a wholly inappropriate vehicle across the variable (but mainly difficult) terrain of India and Nepal. &nbsp;</em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em>The aim is to raise funds for Frank Water Projects (the first &pound;500, already raised, thanks to paddypower.com who have most generously donated &pound;1,000 in total) and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Moorfields Eye Charity (all additional money raised)</span>. &nbsp;Robbi's twin brother suffers from Macular Degeneration. &nbsp;This inspired participation in this challenge to raise funds for Moorfields, a centre of excellence for research on retinal conditions.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><br></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em>The mighty moto-rickshaw (with a neck-jerking 2 horsepower per passenger) will transport the intrepid fundraisers from Shillong (Eastern India), to Darjeeling for a nice cup of tea, through Nepal and the Himalayas, through Northern/Central India including Agra for a quick Lady Diana moment at the Taj Mahal, before finishing in the desert at Jaisalmer (Western India) hopefully still alive but no doubt with broken iPhone screens and a plethora of 'interesting' stories, some of which will be true. &nbsp;</em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em>The distance covered is expected to be (but will likely exceed, as they are only bringing a compass, not a map) 4,000km. &nbsp;Oh, it will be completed in less than 2 weeks. &nbsp;Yes potential sponsors, that's a lot of driving per day. &nbsp;Marathons last 2-6 hours. &nbsp;The Le Mans 24 Hour lasts for 24 hours. &nbsp;This challenge: almost 300 hours of which over 150 hours will be spent on the 'road'.</em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em>Team Gandhi Warhol have decided to add to the adventure by completing preparation that is exclusively limited to: a) getting visas/inoculations, and b) briefly looking at Google maps.</em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em>Thank you for taking the time to read down this far and if you donate thank you for your kindness and generosity. &nbsp;All the best. &nbsp;Robbi.</em></span></p>