We interrupt our regular 'Embracing the Detours' chronicles of Alana and Gary trekking through Europe to bring you news of a detour of a different sort ...
A love of adventure and globetrotting obviosuly runs in the family (shout out to Jan and Al) as my very awesome and very brave brother, Benjamin Pugh-Jones, and his equally crazy and awesome mate Martin Zietsman, or 'Dutch', are less than a week away from throwing caution (and technology ... and modernity ... and ABS braking) to the wind and taking on the untamed wilderness in a second hand tuk tuk across Sri Lanka as part of the famous Lanka Challenge 2011.
The Lanka Challenge (for more info go to http://www.largeminority.com/) is a combination of timed legs and challenges, where teams from all over the world compete against each other in a race across Sri Lanka in standard issue Indian made tuk tuks. The Lanka Challenge supports its local partners and much of the proceeds generated go to the race's partners, the Red Cross Society of Sri Lanka and Land Owners Restore Rainforests in Sri Lanka.
What an epic adventure! We wish these two intrepid travellers the best of luck - show 'em what South Africans are made of! I only wish we were going with you (tuk tuk sherpers maybe????)
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