With Nick being a Kiwi and Ivan and myself being Londoners, things have been a little competitive for a while. Ivan is supremely laid back and happy to just donate the money for the rickshaw from his own pocket with little fuss and as little publicity as possible.

Nick and I are a little more proactive and we've been having a bit of a competition trying to raise the profile of the whole event and draw get sponsorship for our ride, as it all goes to the Mercy Corps, whose mission is to relieve poverty in India.

As it turns out, Nick's experience and age (he's 33 and I'm 26) give him the advantage and he's been doing interviews on TV and radio up and down New Zealand and generating LOADS of interest and funding.

I have done my best here to generate funding through friends and family and at work myself and through this blog.

However, it appears that Nick and hence the Southern Hemisphere are absolutely whipping us Brits and Northern Hemisphere types. Having mates who live in Germany and Romania sponsoring us hasn't helped the cause of the Northern Hemisphere and Nick is gloating away down South. Here's what he says on the official Dosaboys site,

"Hey folk's looks like we are whipping the british at donating money to charity.

A big thanks goes out to Natasha Gordon, Mish, Carolyn, Chris D and Jos. Thanks for the fantastic comments and I'll be sending you a post card from the middle of nowhere in India. Lets hope it makes it to you before next christmas.

Also a Big thanks you to Kat a Kiwi living in London.

We are raising money to buy poor Indian rickshaw drivers and their families a richshaw so they don't have to rent them at insane prices leaving them very little money to buy food and to keep their families. Most of them end up with massive debts so we going to look at clearing them up too.

So please help us to help them and donate ."

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

So come on Brits, let's get it together! The Kiwi $ is MUCH weaker than the £ and they are wiping the floor with us by about £400!!

Click here and sponsor us today tp support Mercy Corps work in India . Not only will you be helping to take an Indian family out of poverty, you will be doing it for your countrys pride!