Thanks again!!!

Once again we would like to thank everyone who followed our story on this blog, wrote with news from home and sent encouraging notes. I know I gave thanks at the beginning of this blog but I will resurface my long list of thanks to the top again because without all of the support we received, this trip would not have been possible or would not have ran so smoothly. It’s nice to be home… for now. Perhaps this is a good opportunity to once again thank all those who helped to get us here. Thanks to McGill University and the University of North Carolina for awarding Pablo and I with a Dunlop scholarship (for the study of Contemporary Rural Architecture in Rural China) and a Burch scholarship respectively (for Cycling Through the Minority Cultures of China). This funding helped make our dreams a reality. Thanks Khanhthong, former downhill champ of Nova Scotia, for your invaluable help, time, and advice in buying, tunning and putting the bike together. Not only did you make sure it was ridable, but that it was in the best shape possible for the journey. We knew nothing about bikes or bike repair before this trip, and thanks to your numerous crash courses we will probably be ok on the road. Thanks Luke Gregoire, owner of Cycle Tecnique on Notre Dame and Atwater for giving us the best deals in town. For your patience with us, for letting us use the bike workshop late past closing time and for managing all of our bike part orders. Thanks to Mark Gotlieb of Vulgar Equipment (biking apparel) for hooking us up with our beautiful blue Jamis bikes and various spare parts. And for the great design of our Vulgar biking shorts which we have been wearing every day. We love them. Check them out at http://www.vulgarequipment.com Thanks Na for all of your help with packing, wrapping, lifting and transport, all at the last minute and late into the night. I could not have managed everything without your help and support. Thanks Kyle and Gabby for letting me use your buildings common room as packing station. Kyle thanks for helping me pack and wrap the bike till 4 am and Gabby than