Ever since I got my trusty mountain bike, me and my friend Michael, dart into the country side for exercise, laughs and fun, unexpected adventures. This week we were returning to a village to visit some friends we had met a couple of Bike Ride Adventure Days earlier. Rewind: Three weeks ago, we headed out on our usual route. The country side around us is a mixture of land development (mass construction), small mountains and villages. Besides the huge dusty work trucks that ‘breeze’ past us and the construction sights, the morning is quite magical. On this particular day there were several large red lantern balloons shooting up from one of the villages off the main road we usually ride on. I yelled at Michael to check it out and we did. The large red lantern
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