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An all too typical elementary school. Seeing this in village after village inspired me to start Cycle for Schools. |
Inside the school. There are no desks, no books, mud floors and one decrepit chalkboard. |
A new school. This is what $15,500 buys you—pretty incredible. |
Students on the opening day of a new school to attend. |
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A characteristic Lao restaurant. No sign, you just learn to recognize
them. |
Not really what you want to see at the end
day of long day of uphill climbing |
A house on stilts to protect it from flooding
during the rainy season. |
A Buddhist ceremony Patrick attended in a small village |
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Cambodia |
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A homemade Cambodian dish of fresh noodles |
One of the “roads” Patrick biked on futility
for a few days |
Bikes are used to transport nearly everything—including
baskets in this case |
Angkor Wat at sunrise |
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The daughter of one of the families
that Patrick befriended on his trip. |
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Burma |
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One of the sunsets from a camping spot. It is illegal to stay with locals due to Burma's oppressive government, so it was necessary to camp at times
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The leader of the Burmese democracy movement and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi |
Monks on their way to receive daily alms. Each
morning, monks walk barefoot throughout their town/village to receive
food from the villagers.
In return for their physical nourishment, as one monk explained
to Patrick, the monks “give the villagers mental nourishment.” |
Modern day Burma is like living in Orwell's 1984. Here is a "big-brother" like billboard on the streets of Rangoon. |
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Many of the public infrastructure projects in Burma are done using forced labor. Here are some Burmese that were kidnapped from their homes and forced to build a government road. |
The longest teak wood bridge in the world outside of Mandalay |
A number of monks that Patrick befriended on his trip |
The most common form of transport in the country due to poor infrastructure in the country |
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Last September, thousands of monks took to the streets of Burma to protest the military dictatorship's rule |
A rally held at Brown University last September in support of the peaceful protesters in Burma |
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