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Knee How, Sin Chow, and Sah Bye Dee: Language on the Bamboo Road
Whether spelled phonetically or accurately, all three of these words have become important parts along the Bamboo Road. Each word serves as a traditional greeting in Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Lao, respectively. Hello and other common greetings are usually the first phrases our riders learn when entering a new country, often from friendly people passing by and shouting it our direction. This is frequently the easiest and quickest of new words for us to pick up since it is heard and used so often, but how many other words each of us learn is a personal choice and often based on necessity.
UPDATED November 9, 2015 BY
"We are meant to struggle!"
It started with a crack in the sky and ended with floating tent islands.
UPDATED November 6, 2015 BY
Lovely, Laid-Back, Laos
As I sit here on the shady, quiet grounds of the Champasak Palace Hotel, a simple gesture reminds me what I love about this country.
UPDATED November 5, 2015 BY
The #northamericanepic in 10 Tweets
The riders and staff are all flying to different points around the globe after having spent the last four months
UPDATED November 4, 2015 BY
Fat biking on Lake Winnipeg
The first time I visited Winnipeg, I was a very young man new in Canada, it was springtime, I just
UPDATED November 3, 2015 BY