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Due to excessive training and on doctor's advice I am obliged to cancel my trip to Sofia. In the first place I want to thank everybody who believed in my ideas and supported me. It's hard for me to admit, but as I feel now, I can't do it. First of all I want to thank Jomasport, the people who already sponsored me, the pupils of De Wingerd and the KSA for organising a bar. All the money, 275€ in

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Thanks to Joma and some students of mine, I'm the temporary owner of a nice Bob Yak trailer. You can find its specifications here. [click here]

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Op vrijdag 19 maart organiseert KSA Sint-Lenaert, de jeugdbeweging waar ik jarenlang actief was, een baravond vanaf 21u, ten voordele van mijn fietstocht en dus de Haïtianen. Kom dus af om één te drinken voor het goede doel. Iedereen is welkom! Je vindt het lokaal terug via deze link. [klik hier] This Friday, 19th of March the youth movement of which I have been member a very long time organizes

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OiEu sou um belga pequeno que vai pegar a bicicleta dele e quer ir com a bicicleta de Ghent na Bélgica até Sofia na Bulgária durante duas semanas. Eu não sou louco, eu sou muito motivado. And in Chinese 你好!我是一位比利時人, 我正在計劃兩個星期內用單車從比利時的Ghent到保加利亞的Sofia,我不是傻的,我是一個非常有活力的人。 Thanks to Sander Franco who is living in Brasil with AFS for the moment and Rayven Lee for the Chinese translation.

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Yesterday I went to the (very interesting)  i-brain festival [click here]. And coming from Dudzele I decided to take the bike and make it a training. I slept in Merendree and this morning I biked back to Dudzele. distance: 97,19 km time: 4h46min avg speed: 20.4km/h

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This special church in Sofia is my definite goal. Here I will arrive by bike after 2280 km and 19 days of biking. [click here]

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Today I biked to Torhout to get special bike shoes from my friend Andy Catteceur. It was a windy trip but nevertheless worthwile! distance: 61,60kmtime: 2h48min avg speed: 21,9km/h

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Dear friends... I already told you my plans were changed. Today I arranged the new date to leave. I will leave on 6th of July and will be back at home the 27th of July. -I will have to bike 120 km/day -There will be a van following me -I will return with that van The next thing I want to ask is the following. Who wants to make this journey with me for three weeks in a van? All you have to do

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Hi, I am a linguist, a translator and a language teacher. One of your friends, Karen, is my cousin. She asked me to translate your little message. Here are the translations in some of the languages: FRENCH: Salut! Je suis un petit Belge qui se prépare à prendre son vélo et à rouler de Gand, en Belgique, jusqu’à Sofia, en Bulgarie, dans deux semaines! Je ne suis pas fou, je suis juste très motivé

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I decided to make my trip in the summer holidays in stead of leaving the first of april. The exact date will be mentioned on time on this blog... So keep on reading!

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As you all know, my goal is to collect money for the good cause, just by biking to Sofia. It's up to you where the money goes. I guess even the people of Madeira could use some support. As you may have noticed, Haïti is not that hot anymore in the media, but the needs of the people there are still the same.

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Hi Tine, I'm excited to hear such a good deed from a person who has a good heart, a person who cares. Here is the translation. My name is Mono. I'm married and have a daughter. I'm currently living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I know about this blog from a friend of mine. This is the least I can do for the people of Haiti. I wish they would have their suffering relieved. Best regards!

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This is a translation of one of my enthousiastic Bulgarian friends: Tanya Atanasova. She left me a message as well: Hello Miel! kak si? How is going your training for biking to Sofia?! Sorry for being very late with my translation. I was extremely busy at school.... but finally I graduated!!!! So to the question! Here it is my translation .hope is going to help you! Здравейте! Аз съм

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Special thanks to Team William for this great song and clip! You should check their website! [here] To vote them in De Afrekening: [KLIK HIER] Their website: [KLIK HIER]

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Hi, I am a translator German – Spanish and as you can see, I am fond of languages. I live near to Ghent, together with my boyfriend and one-year-old son. I met Miel through common friends (neighbours), who throw parties quite frequently at their place. Lien  ¡Hola! Soy un chico belga normal y corriente que viajará en bicicleta hacia Sofia en Bulgaria, saliendo de Gante en Bélgica; un trayecto

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Mails which can make a difference! jupse k heb een leefloontje dus k ga je niet sponsoren maar k wil wel es laten weten dat k t de max vind wat je van plan bent vree cool...het nuttige aan nhet aangename combineren k heb ook samen met een vriendin wafels gebakken/verkocht voor haiti (3 dagen , lange munt gent), we hebben toch een goeie 250 euro gesprokkeld. ale doet da goe hé en niet te veel

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Dear friends Concerning my stupid plan to bike to Sophia in 2 weeks. I am looking for interpreters who can translate this text under here. Any language is ok for me! Just spread the message in your language! Hello! I am a little Belgian who takes his bike and plans to bike from Ghent in Belgium to Sofia in Bulgaria in 2 weeks! I am not crazy, I am very motivated! I would very much like following

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From this morning on, I told myself biking to work, with my gps. It could be very funny to ask people the way to for example 'Drongen'. So this morning I did. I was biking and suddenly I saw a tired looking man sitting in a garden. That was very strange so it catched my eyes... I stopped immediately. Every eyecatcher could be an opportunity i thought. For what I wasn't sure. But for the game I

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This morning, biking to work. At a bus station in Mariakerke. The morning mist blocking my view, I suddenly lost my navigation system. It fell on the ground. A man passing by with his little boy, friendly helped me out and gave back my GPS. He laughed a little while he said:"You really need this one?" I told him I was planning to bike to Sofia... There was a little silence.... In Bulgaria I said.

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Afspraak: dinsdag 9/02/2010 om 19u aan de kerk van Lovendegem met de fiets. Voor een fietstochtje van 15 km. Voor degenen die niet willen fietsen: Afspraak om 20u in Café Sport! Tot dan! Laat maar weten als je zin hebt! Iedereen is welkom! Vraag voor de deelnemers: Waar is deze foto genomen? Hopelijk tot dan!

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Yesterday I biked for about 60km. I visited some of my friends, my grandmother and my parents.It was a whole day on the bike. But with two differences in mind. I will have to bike more than the double per day, and I will not be able to visit people I know. You can watch the plan to the left and the pictures I took will be posted on later! The list of sponsors is growing by the way!  [update here]

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From now on, I will count every sponsored 5 euros as if one Haitian is helped by you. The counter is at 127€. That means 25 Haitins were helped by 4 people only already! Thank you Marie, Veerle Jaap and Manish! You can find the results here: [click here] And now for me: on the bike for a hard day of training today!

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As it was my birthday yesterday and everybody came to visit me by suprise... I thank you all! I really had no idea... Off course it made it impossible for me to update this blog. So I owe my fans something in replacement. Therefor I made a 'printscreen' of the statistics of my blog. As many of you keep asking me: Why the hell do you put this blog in English - you can see, some of my visitors come

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When I opened my mailbox as I do every evening after coming home. I found a mail of Jaap. It is the Dutch guy who kept on catching me up on my way to Compostella. We biked together for some days, until he had to admit that I am far more crazy then he is. First of all: Jaap, thanks for the sponsoring. Everybody should know Jaap did a similar act on his way to Compostella last year. You can still

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Today was my first guided trip with my GPS to work. And as God tried to warn me for the hard moments to come, it was pooring rain all the way back home. But I can assure you that following a beeping GPS felt much more comforting than trying to read and follow a little written manual which had been updatet some three years earlier. Almost arriving home, I saw a truck was standing still by the

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As promised, you can find the first update of the collected funds on the right or by clicking the same logo on this post to te left. Or click [here]

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 From now on, 2 months before leaving, you can download your sponsorform and fill it in as you wish. Just click the image in the sidebar [or here] Some things to keep in mind before sending it back: -Make a copy for yourself -Please write an e-mailaddress so you can be informed about the amount to pay in the end -If you don't have an e-mailaddress you can of course write your phone number. -If

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On Friday 29th of January a small article about the trip could be found in the regional news of  'Het Laatste Nieuws'. You can read  the article [here] Nice detail to share: This picture has been taken in front of the approach to Mick Jaggers' country house in France on my way to Santiago de Compostella last year. [more pics]

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A poem of the Belgian poet Remco Campert. It is written on a wall in Ghent [here]. I thought it was quite appropriate. In fact its about opposition. Even every small thought can have major consequences. It ends with the words: Opposition starts with asking yourself a question and then asking that question to others. In fact the poet wants to make the reader aware of the underestimated power that

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More and more people are asking me for details about my trip. First of all to be honest: the idea for a sponsored trip just came to me last Saturday (only 4 days ago). Since then, I am trying to find out myself how things should be arranged. And any help from anybody is more than welcome. Following me, the first step is now to inform as much people as we can. The main goal for me is to get to

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Charlie (7) collects thousands of euros for Haïti Charlie Simpson who is 7 (!) years old had his own idea about sponsoring Haiti. He was sponsored for 5 km cycling. The action was announced at a UNICEF-sponsored page [click here]of the website and the response was enormous. £ 30,000 and counting... Quite promising...

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Just some moments ago, I received a mail from Daniella Ancheva. She is responsible for Erasmus students in Veliko Tarnovo. I know here very well since I lived there for more than 3 months from February to may in 2004. In fact, VT is the ancient capital of Bulgaria. Unfortunatily, VT is a bit too far to get to in 2 weeks. But no worries, in fact that's why I planned to bike to Sofia. I know people

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Biking for Haiti is my weblog called... But more and more people start to ask me what that really means... Therefore I'm planning to set up a poll. A poll where you can choose yourself, what happens with the money that you in fact, will spend. The 'only' thing I will do, is take my bike and ride it for about 2345 km. Any suggestions, even apart from the poll, are more than welcome. The main goal

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After the Belgian Radio Show 1212 yesterday and having biked to Santiago de Compostella last year, the idea of a sponsored biketrip popped up in my mind. Last year I arranged everything in one week. This year it will even be better arranged! Even more, it will help the people in Haïti! You don't have to bike a 2000km as I plan to do, but you can support me in every way. Even more, I give you the

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