Comments on: The Desert and Desertification http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/ Breaking the Cycle in Africa Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:58:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kate http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Kate Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:38:06 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-263 Hi Mitchell, I hope you learn a lot from my journey. I also hope it will inspire you to create your own project to help people help themselves out of poverty. Regards, Kate Hi Mitchell,

I hope you learn a lot from my journey. I also hope it will inspire you to create your own project to help people help themselves out of poverty.

Regards,

Kate

]]> By: Kate http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Kate Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:36:07 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-262 Hi Patrick, Thank you for your encouragement. You must be very well organised to do a journey like this. It took about a year and a half of solid preparation and research to ensure it will work. When I have been sick, I manage to keep going because I believe in what I am doing. Then it is a matter of making small goals and sticking to them. Regards, Kate Hi Patrick,

Thank you for your encouragement. You must be very well organised to do a journey like this. It took about a year and a half of solid preparation and research to ensure it will work. When I have been sick, I manage to keep going because I believe in what I am doing. Then it is a matter of making small goals and sticking to them.

Regards,

Kate

]]> By: Kate http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Kate Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:32:20 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-261 Hi Mitty, Coke is good for helping recover from gastro problems because the sugar helps sustain you and Coke does not feed any bacteria. So it makes you feel better when you can't eat anything. If you eat when the gastro is really bad, it can make it worse and it will last a longer time. Regards, Kate Hi Mitty,

Coke is good for helping recover from gastro problems because the sugar helps sustain you and Coke does not feed any bacteria. So it makes you feel better when you can’t eat anything. If you eat when the gastro is really bad, it can make it worse and it will last a longer time.

Regards,

Kate

]]> By: Kate http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Kate Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:28:55 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-260 Hi oscar, Great to hear your questions. The expedition was so hard to organise that I did not have much time to train, so I had to rely on my already good fitness and lots of experience from previous expeditions. It was difficult at the start so I had to knuckle down and push through it. I am pretty fit now though even though I have been sick a few times. If your second question relates to poverty, it is difficult to generalise. While there are some good things happening and African people in general have a great spirit, there is also a long way to go to alleviate poverty. Things will never be perfect, but there is so much potential for lives to improve and I can see some very positive changes being made as I travel through in mant places. Please share these answers with your class as I don't always have time to respond to everyone's emails. Regards, Kate Hi oscar,

Great to hear your questions.

The expedition was so hard to organise that I did not have much time to train, so I had to rely on my already good fitness and lots of experience from previous expeditions. It was difficult at the start so I had to knuckle down and push through it. I am pretty fit now though even though I have been sick a few times.

If your second question relates to poverty, it is difficult to generalise. While there are some good things happening and African people in general have a great spirit, there is also a long way to go to alleviate poverty. Things will never be perfect, but there is so much potential for lives to improve and I can see some very positive changes being made as I travel through in mant places.

Please share these answers with your class as I don’t always have time to respond to everyone’s emails.

Regards,

Kate

]]> By: Kate http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Kate Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:21:04 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-259 Hi Dina, Sorry I can't always reply to your comments, bit its great to know that you are following the expedition. It's also wonderful encouragement. There are a few more blogs in the pipeline. Best wishes to Geoff too. Love Kate Hi Dina,

Sorry I can’t always reply to your comments, bit its great to know that you are following the expedition. It’s also wonderful encouragement. There are a few more blogs in the pipeline.

Best wishes to Geoff too.

Love Kate

]]> By: Kate http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Kate Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:19:10 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-258 Hi Fiona, Great to see that you are following the expedition. It's always great to receive such encouragement. Best wishes, Kate Hi Fiona,

Great to see that you are following the expedition. It’s always great to receive such encouragement.

Best wishes,

Kate

]]> By: mitty r http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-252 mitty r Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:17:32 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-252 Hi Kate Hope your having a great time cycling :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Hi Kate
Hope your having a great time cycling :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

]]> By: Patrick H http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Patrick H Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:17:16 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-251 Hi Kate how are you going. Well done on your riding i thought it would be impossible but no. The safety arangements must of been confusing but well done on your journey. I was wondering how you survived the illnesses and how you managed to get through with the 120km a day goal. Well done you are an insperation to me congragulations. PATRICK HURLEY FROM BARWON HEADS P.S IN VICTORIA Hi Kate how are you going. Well done on your riding i thought it would be impossible but no. The safety arangements must of been confusing but well done on your journey.
I was wondering how you survived the illnesses and how you managed to get through with the 120km a day goal. Well done you are an insperation to me congragulations.

PATRICK HURLEY
FROM BARWON HEADS P.S
IN VICTORIA

]]> By: mitchell t http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-249 mitchell t Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:15:59 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-249 Hi Kate, Just wanted to give you some good luck for the rest of the way, we are talking about poverty at school this term and this has been a really good site to look at. I think your doing a really good thing for a really good cause. From Mitchell T Barwon Heads Primary School Hi Kate,
Just wanted to give you some good luck for the rest of the way, we are talking about poverty at school this term and this has been a really good site to look at. I think your doing a really good thing for a really good cause.
From Mitchell T Barwon Heads Primary School

]]> By: Oscar Park http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Oscar Park Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:14:58 +0000 http://www.btcycle.com/diary/the-desert-and-desertification/#comment-248 Hello Kate, I'm from barwon heads primary school in victoria and where following you all the way!! How did you train for for this big trip? How much do you think their life could change? Sincerely Oscar Hello Kate,
I’m from barwon heads primary school in victoria and where following you all the way!!
How did you train for for this big trip?
How much do you think their life could change?
Sincerely Oscar

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