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Dubai residents to cycle in Cambodia and Vietnam
Cyclists will take to the roads of Vietnam and Cambodia to raise money for local orphanages and the trip will take them from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, from March 26 to April 4.
- By Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:20 November 7, 2008
Dubai: Cyclists will take to the roads of Vietnam and Cambodia to raise money for local orphanages and the trip will take them from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, from March 26 to April 4.
Six days of cycling will take participants around 450 kilometres through unspoilt national forests, farmland and villages. The Great Asian Cycling Challenge is Gulf for Good's first challenge of 2009, for charities Children of Vietnam and CAMKids in Cambodia. Gulf for Good is a Dubai-based charity.
"The challenge, while not technically difficult, will as always be a physically and mentally demanding adventure," said G4G Chairman Brian Wilkie.
"However, as with the last similar trip, when 23 of us cycled from Bangkok to Angkor Wat in 2005, we'll get to see these wonderful countries from a viewpoint rarely experienced by ordinary tourists, plus we'll meet and help children much less fortunate than ourselves."
Participants will be able to visit at least one of the projects to see for themselves the wonderful work these local charities are doing for underprivileged children of the region.
Ravi Chandran, G4G's Challenge Director, said participants have ranged from 17 to 73 years old, and from athletes to couch potatoes.
"I did the last cycling challenge. Some people pushed their bikes up the hills, some people raced up them, but all had a great time - and I can tell you there were plenty of tears when we met the children at the orphanages we were helping and realised just how big an impact our funds would have."
Participants are required to pay a registration fee of Dh1,850 and then raise minimum sponsorship of Dh17,000.
To date, G4G Challenges, with over 500 participants from 36 countries including many Gulf nationals, has raised almost $1.5 million for schools, hospitals, orphanages, and medical equipment in 17 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
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