MOROCCO!

5500 km of road...
14 hitches...
9 nationalities of drivers...
5 and a half days...
3 countries...
and 2 ferries later...

WE'RE IN MOROCCO!!!

A big thank you to everyone who made it possible to be here, especially Kate and everyone at Link Community Development, our Nominated Contacts, our parents and families, everyone who donated to our trip, to all the nice people who helped us and showed us so much kindness, and of course our drivers, wherever they may be by now. A special thank you to Mairin Hennebry for responding to my panicked phone call asking how to write "service station" in Spanish. All of you have helped make a big difference in the lives of many children in Southern Africa, and to the lives of two idiots from Singapore.

I'd like to sing Xin Hui's praises: she was a rock throughout this trip. While I wear my emotions on my sleeve, and alternately laughed and raged and hoped and worried and got depressed, she stayed steady and calm and kept us going. All credit to her: she was the one who really made this trip a success.

Spain

Hi all,

We´re just over the border from France in Spain. Due to the prohibitions on trucks on the roads on Sundays in France and Northern Spain, we´re stuck here for all of today. However, the trucker we hitched with all the way here has been very kindly letting us sleep in his cab.

People have in fact been very kind to us all the way, and some people have even spontaneously donated money to us when they heard about our trip. It´s very affirming of the inherent goodness of human nature.

Tomorrow morning we´ll be on our way again. We´ve only got one country left to get through!

(Sorry if this webpage isn´t displaying properly, I have no idea what happened.)

France

Hi all,
After an inauspicious start, we have made it to France. In trying to get here yesterday we encountered stomach trouble (not ours), an English Orthodox priest and lots of friendly strangers. For more information, including an almost-live updating location map, please donate ｣10 to Link Community Development and you'll get access to our "friends-only" blog!

We're Off!

Hello everyone,

Xin Hui and I will set off on the road to Morocco tomorrow morning at around breakfast time. Please visit this blog for updates on our adventure. If you wish to see our friends-only blog, then just a small donation of £10 to Link Community Development will give you access! Go to www.JustGiving.com/Morocco06 to donate. To follow us on the road, please go to http://www.lcd.org.uk/events/hitch/hts.html and search for "Thum".

So far, we've raised a whopping total of £1,652 (not including gift aid) for LCD! £700 of that has been online and the rest came from offline donors. It's a fantastic amount and will make a huge difference in the lives of many children in Africa.

Best wishes everyone!