The Arm & a Leg Project- COPE, Vientiane, Laos (Mar 13)

The USA dropped more bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War than all the bombs combined, dropped by every… [more]

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The PREVENTION of child trafficking project- Cambodia (Dec 12)

Put a post on Facebook with a picture of a small child and you will receive thousands of people who 'like'… [more]

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The Little Big Buffalo Project- Fagvel village, Gujurat, India (Sept, 2012)

The Kindness of Strangers are pleased to announce the launch of The Little Big Buffalo Project. After… [more]

The Little Big Buffalo Project- Fagvel village, Gujurat, India (Sept, 2012) The Little Big Buffalo Project- Fagvel village, Gujurat, India (Sept, 2012)

Homeless travellers or travelling homeless

Determined to find somewhere to wild camp, we realise that we are either going to have to go inland for… [more]

Homeless travellers or travelling homeless Homeless travellers or travelling homeless

Making friends with Iran

‘Iranians are the friendliest people on earth’. That’s what the internet tells us and who are we… [more]

Making friends with Iran Making friends with Iran

Dicing with danger and death in the north of India

“...and then we will cycle to from Agra, across the top of north India to Kolkata.” The room fell… [more]

Dicing with danger and death in the north of India Dicing with danger and death in the north of India

Night riding

“How far away is Corlu?” I asked the three local elders, sitting in a small town outdoor cafe, some… [more]

Night riding Night riding

Thailand

Welcome to the land of  smiles! Thailand is such a beautiful place to explore, from the hustle and bustle… [more]

Thailand Thailand

The Soap Project- Pristina, Kosovo (Sept, 2011)

We are extremely proud to support Elizabeth Gowing and The ideas Partnership. In the Spring of 2011,… [more]

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Do you believe in the kindness of strangers?

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by tkos on August 15, 2012

Cycling the 25,000+ km from London to Melbourne is easy. It’s finding the right place and people to give away over £12,000 to that’s difficult! When first confronted with the adventure of cycling half way around the world, the freezing mountain tops of Turkey, the barren lands of Iran and the chaos of India seemed [...]

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Cycle touring Thailand

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Hands down, Thailand is one of the best countries in the world for cycle touring. The roads are in excellent condition, the people are super friendly and endless roadside 7-elevens offer air conditioning and chilled water! The best part of cycling through Thailand is the extremely courteous bicycle lanes and/or service roads. The is barely [...]

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The Lotus Education Fund- Laos (Mar 13)

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Kimmi and I are quite often the recipients of some amazing praise for our efforts through The Kindness of Strangers over the past couple of years. People from all walks of life have complimented, applauded, glorified and paid tribute in our honour for the ‘amazing work’ that we have carried out in our cycle across [...]

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Laos

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We were in and out of Laos in less than two weeks, but still managed to capture the beauty of this fantastic country. Entering the border from the south on the Vietnam side, we had the joy of cycling across the mountain range before getting to Attapue and then Pakse before taking on the well [...]

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Cycling the south of Laos

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Laos is reported to be some of the best cycling in the world, but it is a country of two halves. The south offers solid highways, good distance and quality roads. With a couple of mountain ranges in there for some altitude, cycling south Laos is a great way to get from Cambodia to northern [...]

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Vietnam

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Vietnam is an amazing country to visit. From the fantastic food to the beautiful scenery, a shot in any direction is like a shot out of National Geographic. We were lucky enough to spend six weeks in Vietnam and spent all of that time just in the south. Entering the country through the southern most [...]

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AFESIP- Vientiane, Laos (Mar 13)

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The sexual exploitation, trafficking and sale of women, aged as young as 12, in Laos and it’s neighbor, Thailand. Sentenced to a locked room and forced to have sex with up to 20 ‘clients’ per day. If they are lucky, they do not get badly beaten too often. We all know that it happens because [...]

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The Arm & a Leg Project- COPE, Vientiane, Laos (Mar 13)

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The USA dropped more bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War than all the bombs combined, dropped by every country for the entire duration of World War II. And the USA were not even at war with Laos, Laos was neutral. From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. dropped more than two million tons of ordnance [...]

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Cycling the south of Vietnam

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Cycling through Vietnam is pure bliss on so many levels. The food is incredible (especially coming from Cambodia!), the Mekong Delta is flat and beautifully scenic and the coast up to Nha Trang is as good a place as any in SE Asia to relax in a hammock, swinging in a gentle breeze under a [...]

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Cambodia

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You can get whatever you want from Cambodia, be it a beach fun holiday with loads of beer and backpackers in Sihanoukville, a visit to the ‘Tomb Raider’ style temples of Angkor Wat or an insight into the horrors of the Khmer Rouge and the recent history of the local people. We spent a total [...]

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Cycling the Cambodian circuit

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Cycling Cambodia is simultaneously enriching and depressing. The circuit most travellers go through inevitably include Sihanoukville, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap and almost always include visits to the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng genocide museum. It is the latter parts of this that will cause you to walk somberly through the Killing Fields learning about [...]

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