This afternoon we went on a bike ride through the South African countryside. We were accompanied by the men who head up the Safe Cycling bike program for the children at Rheenendal Primary School. The program teaches children from six to twenty years old to safely ride bikes and holds races on the weekends. Team Ubuntu began the ride confident and ready to bike for hours. We started at the school and biked along the side of the paved road for about fifteen minutes. At this point we were all feeling great and loving biking...until we reached the dirt path. It was much harder to bike on the dirt path for two reasons: 1. It was muddy, which slowed us down and required us to pedal harder and 2. a majority of the ride was uphill. At this point we really started to "feel the burn" in our legs from our extra exerted effort. However, team Ubuntu never lost hope or motivation; we continued biking for about 45 more minutes until we reached a stop sign at an intersection. At that point, we took the sign's advice and stopped. After shedding a few layers and getting some water, we headed back. The ride back took us about half as long becuase it was all slightly downhill and the wind was to our backs. After our bike ride, we were sure we had biked at least eight miles and we were all shocked when they told us we had only gone about two miles. Although our bike ride was no tour de France, it was very fun and we got to enjoy some great views and get to know some great people. I would put this bike trip, along with most of our other experiences so far, in the "success" category. It was a good day to be team Ubuntu!
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