Patrick spent the first month of his trip biking 1,200 miles in Laos, from the Chinese border in the far north to the Cambodian border in the south. In Laos, he visited two schools that were built with the support of Room to Read (the organization Patrick raised money for). He spent a number of his days in Lao villages talking with teachers, students, and parents about the Lao education system. Patrick spent a month in Cambodia, making a visit to the famous Angkor Wat temples. In addition, Patrick paid an unhappy visit to a health clinic in Phnom Phen, the capitol of Cambodia, for an infection in his shoulder. After another 600 miles of biking, Patrick took a bus from the Thai-Cambodian border to Bangkok. From Bangkok, Patrick hopped on a plane to Burma (you can only enter the country legally by air) and biked another 1000 miles. In Burma, Patrick went to many places off limits to foreigners. He was tailed numerous times by Burmese military and police officials. However, Patrick managed to get away from these officials in order to interview dozens of locals living under Burma's brutal military dictatorship. The stories and experiences Patrick heard from the Burmese people prompted him to get involved in Burma's democracy movement. During the ride, Patrick biked anywhere from 30 to 75 miles a day, depending on lodging. Generally, he slept at small guesthouses, the equivalent of hostels/budget hotels in Southeast Asia. However, he was not always able to find a guesthouse; Patrick spent some nights in local villages, monasteries, or camping out. Patrick always ate locally and would carry rice and bananas if there were no restaurants in the area.