Tuk to the Road

Bankgok to Brighton by tuk tuk

Ting Tong in Kazakhstan

“A brave and marvellous venture” Stephen Fry

Sometime back in 2005 my best friend Jo murmured something about wanting to drive a tuk tuk from Thailand to the UK. Not very many months later the pair of us were thundering across China’s Gobi desert in Ting Tong, our shockingly pink three-wheeled steed, heading in the general direction of England.

Jo and I in China

In 98 days of tukking we covered 12,783 miles, two continents and 12 countries and survived an earthquake, several landslides and the odd lascivious Russian. We also set the Guinness World Record for the Longest Ever Journey by Auto-Rickshaw and raised £50,000 for Mind, the mental health charity. Rather amusingly, we were awarded Cosmopolitan magazine’s 2006 ‘Fun, Fearless, Female’ Award on our return, and even made an appearance on Richard & Judy.

With Richard and Judy

A book about our venture, Tuk Tuk to the Road, was published by The Friday Project and is still available to buy on-line and as an i-book.

To read more about the trip please see the website www.tuktotheroad.co.uk