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 The 20 Years of Classic Bike India Party in Sauerland, Germany
Make a note of the dates and drop us a line to let us know you're coming – the party is from the 22nd to the 24th of May 2009.
The 21st is a holiday in Germany, so you're also welcome to arrive a day early. Once again, it will be taking place in the Waldschützenhalle in Muffrika near Arnsberg.
Look forward to:
- Martin's record release
- Peter's photo exhibition showing the 2,000 best images taken over the past 20 years and 300 tours
- Werner's preparatory meeting with the participants of the Overland group for the tour in autumn 2009 and the Goa-to-Germany tour in the spring of 2010
- New travel videos from a number of different tours by various participants
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The Overland Tour in autumn 2009 and the return tour in spring 2010 is going ahead!
3 Enfield Bullets and 3 XT 600s are available and we're taking reservations now. In September 2009, the first regular group will be setting off to India from Germany, and the return tour is scheduled for March, starting from Goa and New Delhi. We will be providing three of our German-registered 500cc Bullets and 3 Yamaha XT 600s.
Reserve your bike now! For details, drop us a line at
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Classic Bike Adventures sponsors the Alchi private school in Ladakh
We have been aware of the private school project in Alchi, Ladakh since 2005.
At first, we mainly engaged in "spontaneous sponsorship", passing the hat among our bikers when visiting the school.
We have especially fond memories of a major donation by Peter Volk, who gave the principal Mr. Morup Dorjay precisely 2,105.00 euros – money which he had previously collected from his colleagues in Germany.
We stay in regular contact to this unusual school project, observing the great progress it has been making whenever we stop in for our annual visits every summer. The school has come a long way, from a one-room schoolhouse in the rocky wasteland outside the village to a winter-proof complex with five classrooms, a small school garden, separate latrine and its own well. The school can now accommodate up to 100 students. As half of the students are orphans or from needy families, long-term support will be necessary in the form of sponsorships. The school bus is also essential, as the children live in remote villages, impossibly far away from the closest good schools in Leh or Srinagar.
We became long-term sponsors of four new students from needy families last summer thanks to the donations of our first Ladakh group of the season.
Our Zanskar tour member Ralph Aichinger spontaneously donated his EUR 500.00 deposit to the school, and the rest of the group chipped in another EUR 300.00.
We intend to expand our support, and our next project will be to build a small website for the school project to explain the purpose of the school and highlight its work in detail.
We would be delighted to hear from anyone who would like to contribute with donations, assistance in setting up the website, or help in organizing the supporter initiative.
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