The Akha Ride for Freedom is leaving Monterey tomorrow for Big Sur and Santa Barbara and Los Angeles where we intend to rag on the Queen about taking Akha land.
72 days on the road, with horse and bus and five kids and the Akha woman Michu. This is one tough unit, a submarine on wheels, lots of work and a bit of fun. Yestereday the kids all got to see the Monterey Aquarium which is powerful stuff and thanks to the staff.
Bobby Morse is still trying to cover his back side in Thailand on the rape charges, word is money is flowing freely to silence families of the girls who filed charges.
This will never be over.
Richard Haugland is suggesting that he has returned the Akha girls to their homes from the Starfish Country Home in Chiangmai, we have yet to confirm this but maybe it will be good news.
The Ride for Freedom is about 20 miles a day on the days we travel. We have been feeding Hampton a lot, he is in excellent condition and he has had endless petting here in Monterey as the whole neighborhood comes by and comments on how gentle a horse he is. Well he wasn’t always that way. http://www.youtube.com/akhazauh for more than a 100 of our videos from the Akha and this ride.
And stop in at http://www.akha.org if you want to see recent articles on the Ride and the Akha situation.
Or join us at the Thai Consul in a couple weeks further south before we go look at the face of the Sun in Phoenix.
