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September 2007
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Ms. Kanokporn Futrakul, Thai Consul of The Royal Thai Embassy in Hanoi
welcome Wan and Mou with a warm feelings.
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May 31, 2007
Wan and Mou say goodbye to China …"zhaijian".
We bicycle across the border from Hekou , China to Lao Cai Vietnam. "Sinjow…Vietnam"
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December 6, 2006
Wan and Mou visit McDonalds Restaurant in Kunming and got “Be Our Guest Cards”
for free meals in China. Thank you very much for your kindness. We are leaving
Yunnan and heading to Vietnam.
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November 14, 2006
Wan and Mou pay respect to Mr. Kosit Chatpaiboon, Thai Consulate General in Kunming,
Yunnan Province. He is so kind to give Wan and Mou a welcome lunch together with
our Korean friend who had ridden with us to Kunming.
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November 4, 2006
From Chengdu to Kunming, we have “Hangyu”, Korean friend riding with us. We are
learning China all together.
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October 29, 2006
McDonalds in Xian, Zhejiang Province invite Wan and Mou in McDonalds Restaurant
and give us a tour of West Lake & “Longjing” Tea Plantation, a famous tea
in China.
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October 23, 2006
McDonalds in Beijing invite Wan and Mou to cook “Big Mac” in the restaurant on
Wanfujing Road, center of shopping in Beijing. Wan and Mou got a wonderful gifts
which is the symbols of The Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing.
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October 21, 2006
Wan and Mou arrive Beijing and met our best friend “Li Hui” (Chinese friend)
who we met in Peru. Li Hui take care of us during our stay in Beijing and show
us around such as Tian’anmen Square, The Great Wall, Temple of Heaven, The Forbbiden
City and The Summer Palace. He has given us big help while we are riding in China.
  
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October 19, 2006
McDonalds in Xian invite Wan and Mou to visit historical places for more than
1000 years and give Wan and Mou a big surprise by arranging a fun Wedding Party
in Chinese Tradition. Wan and Mou has a wonderful memory in Xian, Shaanxi Province
in China.
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October 11, 2006
McDonalds China gives Wan and Mou a warm welcome party and beautiful gifts at
McDonalds Restaurant in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Wan and Mou get “Be Our Guest
Cards” to have free McDonalds meals in China. Thank you very much for your kindness.
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October 9, 2006
Wan and Mou pay respect to Mr. Thongchai Chasawath, Thai Consulate General
in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China and inform about their journey.
He gives Wan and Mou a warm welcome dinner. Thank you very much for
your kindness.
 
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27 August 2006
Wan and Mou arrive China on 20 July 2006 and pass through 2 Provinces such
as Xinjiang and Gansu. We are now riding in Gansu Province and heading
to Qinghai Province in coming days. Wan and Mou get a warm welcome from
Cycling Club in China.
   
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11 July 2006
Wan and Mou pay respect to The Honorary Thai Consulate General, Dr. Migali
Kunayev in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Dr. Migali give us warm welcome and ask
his staff to take care of us while we were in Almaty. Thank you very
much for your kindness.
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1 July 2006
The Ambassador Sorayouth Prompoj, Royal Thai
Embassy in Moscow give Wan and Mou great support by helping to obtain Chinese
Visa. The Ambassador Sorayuth is so kind to invite Wan and Mou for lunch
with all Thai officials with warm atmosphere just like home. With our deep
respect to The Ambassordor
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26 April 2006
Wan and Mou arrive The Royal Thai Embassy in Bucharest, capital of Romania.
The Ambassador Warawit Kanithasen is so kind to give us a welcome lunch.
Thai officials of The Royal Thai Embassy also give us warm welcome having
a wonderful Thai food all together.
 
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11 April 2006
Wan and Mou say goodbye to Hungary and bicycle across the border at Battonya
and enter to the border Turnu in Romania. We bicycle acroos the middle
part of Romania until the end of Danube River at the coast of Black Sea.
 
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27 March 2006
Wan and Mou arrive Budapest, capital of Hugary and pay respect to The Ambassador
Tawatchai Piyarat at The Royal Thai Embassy in Budapest. The Ambassador
is so kind to give us a welcome dinner at his residence with all of Thai
Officials and wish us having a safe trip back home to Thailand.
 
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16 March 2006
After Wan and Mou took a winter break in Rome, Italy they have all the
visas ready to continue the journey. The Ambassador Vorapoj Snidvongs
and Thai officials of The Royal Thai Embassy has given them a farewell
party. Wan and Mou took a train back to Vienna and resume their journey
on Mar 19, 2006. Minister Counsellor Wijak Chittarat and family has given
Wan and Mou best wishes at their home in Vienna. Wan and Mou start riding
again in the winter time snowing and windy. They feel happy to ride again
and getting closer to home in Thailand.
 
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17 November 2005
Wan and Mou arrive The Royal Thai Embassy in Rome, Italy. The Ambassador
Vorapoj Snidvongs give Wan and Mou a warm welcome lunch with Thai officials
and is very kind to give Wan and Mou to stay in his residence, as they
need to take a break during the cold winter. It is quite difficult
to ride during wintertime in Eastern Europe. The Ambassador Vorapoj
gives
Mou a yellow rubber bangle with a print of “We love the King”, this
bangle is made at number 704597. It is the expression of Thai to
wish our King
long live and in the occasion that our King has reigned (succeed to
the throne) for 60 years, the longest time of any King in the world.
 
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13 September 2005
The Ambassador Chaiyong Satjipanon, The Permanent Mission of Thailand
to United Nation welcome Wan and Mou and our cycling friends Claude
(cycling
around the world in 7 years) and Alain Frund having a wonderful dinner
at Café de Paris Restaurant, a famous restaurant with long history
in Geneva. One week later, we got to meet Thai community. Mrs.
Aree & Mr.Alain,
the owners of Lanna Thai Restaurant is so kind to arrange a wonderful
Thai food buffet to gather Thai people to give us donations. Thank
you very much for your kindness and great support.
 
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12 September 2005
Wan, Mou and our cycling friend arrive The Royal Thai Embassy in Bern,
Switzerland. The Ambassador Pradap Pibulsonggram gives us very warm welcome
dinners and is so kind to give us ideas of cycling along Geneva Lake
and Lausanne in order to discover and learn the Thai history of our King.
Our King Phumipol and his mother used to live and study in Lausanne.
We could experience deep Switzerland and learn the places at the same
time.
 
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16 August 2005
Ms. Chantipa Phutrakul, The Minister (Acting to The Ambassador) and officials
of The Royal Thai Embassy in Brussels, Belgium welcome Wan and Mou while
they arrive Brussels and give them a tour of all tourist places around
Brussels, especially Waterloo, Headoffice of EU, etc. Thank you very
much for your kindness.
  
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July 18, 2005
Wan and Mou finish bike trip in England and crossed by ferry from Harwich, UK to Hoek Van Holland, The Netherlands. We enter to the bicycle country of The Netherlands and arrive The Hague. The Ambassador Thana Duangratana welcome us at his residence and is so kind to give us a place to stay in his residence in Wassenaar.
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June
22, 2005
Wan and Mou arrive London. The Ambassador Vikrom Koompirochana
is very kind to give Wan and Mou to stay in The Royal Thai Embassy
in London. The
Ambassador asked Minister Bunnag to invite Wan and Mou for a welcome dinner
at Four Seasons Restaurant which serve famous roasted duck. The Minister
said that we shouldn't miss to taste this dish if we arrive London. Thank
you for yor kindness.
 
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June 10, 2005
Wan and Mou finish biking trip in Portugal and came back again to Santander,
Spain to catch a ferry to Plymouth, England. We are biking from Plymouth
to London.
 
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June 3, 2005
Rui Nuno Marques, The Honorary Thai Consulate in Porto, Portugal give Wan
and Mou a warm welcome. He cooked us Portugese Food. We had a good meal
with his family and lot of fun. He showed us “Alto Douro Vinhateiro”,
the area of Winemaker of Porto along Douro River with the great history
of the vineyard.
   
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May 26, 2005
The Ambassador Pensak Chalarak , The Royal Thai Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal
give Wan and Mou a welcome dinner at his residence with all officers
of the Thai Embassy. The Ambassador has given a great support to Thai
Bike World and good advice for Wan and Mou’s travel in Portugal.
 
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May 25, 2005
McDonalds Corporation and Franchisee in Portugal give Wan and Mou very
warm welcome and free meals in all cities of the bike route in Portugal.
McDonalds Portugal also give Wan and Mou a great support of arranging
the local media and hotels. We both are greatly appreciated and will
never forget the good memories.
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May 19, 2005
Wan and Mou finish bike trip in Spain and cross Guadiana River by ferry
to Vila Real De Santo Antonio, south of Portugal. We bicycle to the
north to Lisbon, capital of Portugal and end our bike route in Porto.
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