Day 2 Phonom to Vang Vieng

What a day!
Woke up to a beautiful sunny day, about 25 degrees and clear blue skies. Great weather for us to be cycling in but also great weather for kids to play in as well. We saw lots of kids out waving, playing on their way too and from school. Every village we rode through would greet us with smiles and "hello!" Or "sabaidee!". We had a lot of positive energy being thrown our way so more than happy give some back.
早上醒来时是个美丽的艳阳天，气温大约25度，蓝天白云！很适合我们骑行，也非常适合孩子们出来玩耍。我们看见有许多孩子在学校附近玩耍。我们经过的每个村庄人们都会跟我们打招呼，要么说hello，要么说sabaidee。沿途我们一直感受着正能量的鼓舞。

The kids we are meeting are incredible. They greet us with
 huge smiles and will communicate as much in English as they
 can. They love repeating things in unicine such as "hello!
 Thank you! Good bye! Or whooooooooooooooooooo! They are
 eager to show off their athletic skills as well and take it to us
 in volleyball, soccer or my new favourite sport Takraw.
我们遇见孩子们真是不可思议。他们用灿烂的笑容迎接我们，并且尽量用英语跟我们交流，不停的说着“hello，谢谢！再见”，或者就是“喔----”！他们还迫不及待的给我们秀一下他们的排球或者足球技巧，也包括我现在开始喜欢的Takraw球。

We had a solid ride today. We covered about about 80 kilometres and it turns out Laos has some hills out here. We had some steep climbs over long stretches. And there were times when I would think that I could go for some flat riding right about now.. And then I here Paul talking about how much he loves the hills and wants more. He is relentless in how he attacks those climbs, it is quite impressive. However I am disappointed to report that Hayes took the yellow jersey at Van Vieng. I like to think of myself as being the domestique of our cycling team. The domestique is the cyclist who is in front for the majority of the time battling against the resistance of the wind which allows the cyclists behind to preserve energy before setting him up for the sprint near the finish. Except for the minor detail where he was in front the whole time... 
我们骑行了一整天，约80公里，老挝的山地不少，我们翻过不少陡峭的山坡，真想是一直在平原地带骑啊，但是Paul却说他好喜欢爬山还想再多爬一些，翻越大山让他感觉好极了。但是我很失望的告诉大家，Hayes在凡阳拿走了黄色领骑衫，我更愿意把自己看做是车队护骑员，就是那种在前面帮着挡风以帮助后面的队员保存体力对付最后的冲刺，却没成想他是一直冲在前面。

I want to say a huge thank you to all those that have supported our initiative. In 2 days we have handed out over 4 trailers worth of equipment to schools, families, children and communities on our ride. We were handing out equipment at such a rapid rate that what we had left with was not going to last us till Luang Prabang which we had previously planned. So Paul made a heads up move and called Kydeux at Stadium Sports in Vientiane and asked her to send 2 more trailer loads of equipment to Van Vieng. Thankfully she was on board and sent it. Unfortunately we arrived to Vang Vieng after the bus station had closed. And this of course had to be after we were tired and hungry from our journey from the day. So it is pitch dark outside and we are riding through the Van Vieng, hoping to find a post office or maybe another bus depot or just our equipment on the side of some road and then all of a sudden someone on a motor cycle yells "hello!" Well no big deal, people have been waving and saying hello to us all day. But on second glance we see a bright shining light shine on top of him from the sky. Third glance we see he has a large white bag with a sign saying "sporting equipment for Paul." We were jacked! Hi 5s, hugs all around, we found our equipment. Great way to end a great day.
我想感谢所有支持我们的人们！2天时间里我们已经送出了4车器材给了沿途碰到的学校、家庭、孩子们和小区居民。送的速度太快了，感觉剩的东西不多了好像不足以按计划坚持到琅勃拉邦，因此Paul及时做了调整，打电话给Vientiane市Stadium用品店的Kydeux，叫她再多发2车到凡阳。谢天谢地她及时发了出来，但是不幸的是当我们到达凡阳时车站已经关门了，我们骑了一整天已经筋疲力尽，外面一片漆黑，我们骑着穿越凡阳，期待着找到一个邮局或者也许找到另外一个车站，或者干脆就是能看到我们的包裹就放在路边，突然有个骑摩托车的人跟我们说“hello”，好了这没什么大不了的，人们一直跟我们打着招呼呢，但是当我们看他第2眼时看到一束光线从他头上的天空照射下来，看他第3眼时才发现他有个白色包裹，上面写着“给Hayes先生的体育器材”。我们顿时激动了，我们找到了我们的包裹，圆满的一天！

Cyril