The only bit of news to report is that Sean and his Dad spoke on the phone on Christmas Day for about 10 minutes. Sean said that he had completed the bike ride mentioned in the last post.
The ride started at Taiwan's southernmost point, Erluanbi (Eluanbi and sometimes Oluanpi, same place different spellings), and the group he was with rode along the east coast of Taiwan. They finished in the very north of Taiwan after 10 days of riding!! Sean said he covered 661.9km. He was very specific about the distance.
Sean's Dad thinks this is a great effort. Averaging more than 60kms a day for 10 days in a row is a mighty effort for a 9-year-old boy.
Sean said that no-one took any photos! That's a real shame because the east coast of Taiwan is quite beautiful. And, it would have been nice to have some pictorial souvenirs of the ride.
Unfortunately, to take part in the ride, Sean missed a whole week of school and has spent his weekends since then catching up on the schoolwork he missed out on. So he and his Dad haven't seen each other for a while. Hopefully, they will get a chance to go bike riding together some time soon.
Wednesday 2 January 2008
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