GREEN RIDERS: Southeast Asia

GREEN RIDERS Day 5: By the Numbers!

Posted on June 30, 2012 by greenriders

103-104: Number of Kilometers pedaled (depending on whose computer you trust)

1: Number of potentially severe mechanical failures

1: Number of small pebbles taped in place to keep Kenny’s derailleur from going to bits

1: Number of flat tires incurred immediately after fixing above issue

678,985: Number of rubber trees seen today

1: Number of rubber trees seen which were the first in Thailand

5: Maximum number of people seen on a single motorbike

23: Number of seconds after entering lunch restaurant before the heavens opened up and gave us some

0: Amount of items soaked by the rain

0: Amount of money Kenny remembered to remove from non-waterproof side pocket before storm

Spot the malfunctions! Can you see all three?

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Playing with the Peace Corps

Posted on June 30, 2012 by greenriders

Our good friend Nicole Lemmo, who works as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, passed our route and plans along to her connections in the South. We were lucky enough to be contacted by Deborah and Julia, who joined us for a night to hang out, which turned into a whole lot more! Check it below:

GREEN RIDERS were greeted in Khlong Thom by Peace Corps volunteers Julia and Deborah

Julia invited us up to the community where she works to see the gorgeous recycled tire playground the families had come together to build in the elementary school. Totally wonderful.

After the playground, we joined Julia at another village in her community to help plant trees in their elementary school’s playground. Amaaaazing day, and amazing to see communities come together for these sorts of projects. We were honored to be invited to join in!