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The majestic January Run is the best way to start any year. Launching from the Maharaja’s palace in exotic Jaisalmer, it saunters gradually South towards its tropical goal in Cochin. En-route are all manner of fantastic delights to wet any dry adventure whistles. Here’s a few highlights that you may or may not wish to think about...

• Experience exactly why Rajasthan is viewed as the exemplary Indian state by soaking up some of it’s rich history.

• Sample some of the best vegetarian food in all of India in Gujarat .

• Call into the Nasik valley - the hottest wine producing region in the country.

• Be amazed at the awe-inspiring UNESCO site - the Ajanta and Ellora caves.

• Have a hedonistic night out in vibrant and cosmopolitan Mumbai, then let that hedonism hit full steam on the beaches of Goa.

• Pop into mystifying Hampi for a spiritual moment of calm.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of delights which await you. All this, topped with temperate weather and a finish party in an old Dutch palace as icing on the three-wheeled cake makes the Winter Rickshaw Run hotter than roasting your chesnuts in a sauna. What better way to beat those winter blues?