Comments on: Madagascar & The World Of My Parents And Grandparents https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/07/madagascar-the-world-of-my-parents-and-grandparents/ TDA Global Cycling offers cross-continent bike expeditions ranging from 2 weeks to 5 months! Thu, 05 Mar 2020 21:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tim Padmore https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/07/madagascar-the-world-of-my-parents-and-grandparents/#comment-214597 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 19:46:04 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=37820#comment-214597 Henry, I have no story comparable to yours linking the life of your grandparents to the life of the people of your road through Madagascar. But like you, I spent a lot of time thinking while pedaling through Africa with you that first time.

I was touched by the ingenuity, hard work, and goodwill of the people we passed and wondered what lesson I could learn from them and what do to honour them. Thinking grandly, I decided that all human needs could be boiled down to three things: security, love, and respect. Of those three, only the last — respect — was something I could offer as I passed or briefly stopped. My methods: smiles, songs, greetings in the local language, pausing for a look. Touch.

Like you, I am optimistic about the long future.

Tim Padmore

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