Day 12 & 13 Pakse to Savannakhet

Yesterday I left Pakse and continued my way north towards Vientiane. By the time I found a place to crash I cycled 168 km and called it a day. I had lunch at the 100 km mark and passed out for an hour and was awakened by a gallery of locals who were wondering my purpose given the tank I call a bike I am riding.....
昨天我离开巴色继续向北骑向万象。到我找到一个睡觉的地方的时候已经骑了168公里，今天就这样了。我在100公里处午餐，还休息了一个小时，然后被当地人吵醒了，他们猜着我是干什么的，并称我骑的车是坦克。

Every time I ride through a village I hear the chant of "sabaidee" from the children and at times when I stop the children starting running for their lives, not realizing I am bearing gifts....Today I rode past a school and the students were waving and greeting me hello, but as soon as I turned into the school they went into survival mode, running back into their classrooms and warning their teachers that a wild man is on the loose! Once one of the kids on lookout realized that I was here to provide gifts, they all came back out and the teachers introduced who I was and what I was doing.....Kids are hilarious and have made this trip one to remember!
每次我穿过村庄时总能听见孩子们发出的“Sabaidee”声，当我停下来他们就跑开，不知道我可藏着礼品呢。今天我经过一个学校，孩子们向我招手说Hello，可是当我进入学校时他们却又跑开了，躲进了教室并向老师说有个陌生人来了呢！当其中一个放哨的孩子意识到我到这里是来送东西的，他们又跑了出来，老师也介绍了我是谁在干什么，孩子们这才兴高采烈的，让这段旅程成为值得记忆的一部分。

At times I feel like an Asian Santa Clause and I often wonder if the kids think that this will be a yearly event when the hairy man on the bicycle returns to give them sporting goods....I would love to come back and work in a rural setting to witness growth and development for months at a time....who knows maybe one day I will start my own school....
这些时候我就觉得自己象是亚洲的圣诞老人，我常常想当孩子们看见我再一次骑车回来送礼物时，他们会不会觉得这是每年一次的活动呢？我将非常乐意再一次回来，在一个农庄工作几个月，见证当地的变化和发展，谁知道呢，没准我会办一个自己的学校。

Today was a light day and I am in Savannakhet. I have three days to make it to the capital and basically will be riding into the airport.....woooooo! I wish had more time on this adventure, but I am proud of what we have accomplished as a charity in this short time....Going to get some rest for the 400 plus km in the next few days! Big push....here we go!
今天很轻松，我到了沙湾拿吉，有3天时间骑到首都，骑到机场，喔------！多希望这次冒险能有更多的时间，但是短短这些天的慈善活动让我感到骄傲。就剩400来公里了！加油啊，出发！

Paul