Thank you all participants and sponsors!
With our first Bike for Elephants event and all your support we were able to raise 250,000 baht (5,485 euro) for the Elephant Nature Park and to create more awareness about the plight of Thai elephants. The money will be used to extend the Park, to make sure more elephants can have a natural life in the future.
Bike for Elephants was joined by 50 Thai and international participants and volunteers, age arranging from 2 years till 64 years old and from many different nationalities. All with the same purpose: to create a better future for Thai elephants. Most participants are living in Thailand, but for many this was the first time to observe free roaming elephants living in family groups. The combination of working hard during the bike ride, spending time together with elephants in nature and making a difference for Thai elephants created a very positive atmosphere. Everybody agreed that if they can, they will participate again next year.
So hope to see you all at Bike for Elephants 2011!
Thank you so much for all your support!
Bikers:
BTEH team
Katie Miller
Maria Karagiozakis
Eddy van den Broek
Tulika Bansal
Eugeen Roger Vanbrusselen + support team
Abigale Jean Wingate
Sarah Elizabeth Waldron
Sheryl Marie Hunt
Azriel yaere Cohen
Antoinette van de Water
Parents team
Leo van de Water
Tonia van de Water
PREM team
Sean Michael Healey
Tiffany Ann Crook
Jay Stuart Cohen
Joel Daniel Tallman
Taiwan team
Chi-Kang Hsueh
Hsiang-han Wang
Julie Ann Te Monzon
Ko Bi Ying
Orange elephants
Joris Geeven
Rubert Konijn
Marjan Konijn
Joost Konijn
Janneke Konijn
Stan Konijn
Marion Wismeijer
Marcel Wismeijer
Charlotte Smit
Leonie
Simone
Rara Riders virtual team
Maria Alomajan
Jane Stanley
Viv Lanting
Marieke van der Velden
Service, coordination and support team
Dutsadee Nilubol
P’Pom
Jack Chakkrapong
Sudarat Sue Sangkam
Mai (film)
Yara de Jong (pictures)
Dr. Ubonwan
Bike fixing / technical team: Tour de Thailand
Christopher Bird
Siranee Gae Meesith
Nurse team
Supajaree
Mam
Feun
Nok
Film crew Taiwan
The hosts
薛紀綱
Chi-Kang Hsueh
王湘涵
Hsiang-han Wang
And other crew:
朱介任
Chieh-Jen Chu
王鈴晶
Ling-Ching Wang
張善智
Shan-Chih Chang
趙泰昌
Tai-Tsang Chao
廖文彬
Wen-Bin Liao
Sponsors
RBB Chiang Mai biking
Alex Diemer
Anja Laurijsen
Barbara van Slooten
Bazroni BV
Bryan Bayer
Christine Ross
Chris Wild
Cindy Baubock
David Roff
Diane van Dongen
Doris Pappenheim
East West Seeds
Edith Miller
Familie Smit
Fokke van Egmond
Ingrid van der Stelt
J Roxburgh
James O’Brien
Jan Greenfield
Jelmer Vreeman
Jennifer Lackie
Karel Paes
Konijn en Kreijns
Leon van de Water
Margien Doze
Marleen Veenstra
Nanja Kouwenhoven
Nico Oorebeek
Penny Hayden
Rob Gallois
Santahn Design
Sue and Robin Miller
Tanja Kooymans
Voetbalvereniging Cion
Wendie Cornelissen
Willa Lubbes
Special thanks to:
The Elephant Nature Park for helping organizing the event, the evening program and the overwhelming welcome in the Park (normal overnight rate is 5,800 baht).
Tour de Thailand for all their practical support and professional advise.
RBB Chiang Mai Biking for sponsoring bikes for the weekend.
