Lost Cause
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There was a thread not long ago about heroes, or people you admire by their actions. This is a perfect example of one person, committed to their cause, leaving everything they know to pursue their purpose. This is a rare example of someone to admire. Could you do this?
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Globetrotting city biker Simon Milward has reached the jungles of Central America in the fourth year of an astonishing round-the-world motorcycle charity mission.
Simon, 37, left his home in Whipton in December 1999 intending to return to England 18 months later, but three years on he is still on the road.
Despite riding through some of the harshest terrain on the planet, picking his way through two civil wars, and nearly drowning in a swamp in Russia, Simon has no intention of giving up and getting out of the saddle.
He has ridden 140,000km through 30 countries so far and has now reached the Central American country of Belize.
Throughout the epic journey the intrepid biker has raised funds for charity and is more than halfway to his target of collecting £65,000 for two medical aid groups.
One is Health for All, in which small motorcycles are used to deliver vaccinations for babies in remote areas.
The other is Doctors Without Borders which provides humanitarian aid to crisis-hit areas.
Through each country that Simon has travelled he has promoted the use of motorcycles in providing a better health system in rural areas.
Now in Belize, Simon said: "I arrived in Belize on January 7 and I'll be here for a couple of weeks. It is an amazing country.
"In Belize they already have an effective sustainable integration of motorcycles for improving their health system."
Belize, a British protectorate, is the 31st country that Simon has passed through. He said: "I am thankful that Belize is an English speaking country. It is like a jewel in the British crown, although she no longer is a British colony. I definitely recommend it as a holiday destination."
Later this month Simon will set off for the Amazonian rainforests of South America. He will head for Africa in 2004 and expects to be back in Exeter later that year.
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Globetrotting city biker Simon Milward has reached the jungles of Central America in the fourth year of an astonishing round-the-world motorcycle charity mission.
Simon, 37, left his home in Whipton in December 1999 intending to return to England 18 months later, but three years on he is still on the road.
Despite riding through some of the harshest terrain on the planet, picking his way through two civil wars, and nearly drowning in a swamp in Russia, Simon has no intention of giving up and getting out of the saddle.
He has ridden 140,000km through 30 countries so far and has now reached the Central American country of Belize.
Throughout the epic journey the intrepid biker has raised funds for charity and is more than halfway to his target of collecting £65,000 for two medical aid groups.
One is Health for All, in which small motorcycles are used to deliver vaccinations for babies in remote areas.
The other is Doctors Without Borders which provides humanitarian aid to crisis-hit areas.
Through each country that Simon has travelled he has promoted the use of motorcycles in providing a better health system in rural areas.
Now in Belize, Simon said: "I arrived in Belize on January 7 and I'll be here for a couple of weeks. It is an amazing country.
"In Belize they already have an effective sustainable integration of motorcycles for improving their health system."
Belize, a British protectorate, is the 31st country that Simon has passed through. He said: "I am thankful that Belize is an English speaking country. It is like a jewel in the British crown, although she no longer is a British colony. I definitely recommend it as a holiday destination."
Later this month Simon will set off for the Amazonian rainforests of South America. He will head for Africa in 2004 and expects to be back in Exeter later that year.
