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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;amp;amp; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">NOTE: You are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">NOT </span>contributing to the cost of the trip. All your donations go to charity.</span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;amp;amp; font-size: 12pt;">In February 2012, Team XieXie, 2 intrepid travelers from Hong Kong will embark on the journey of a lifetime – they will drive 1500km across the frozen Siberian wilderness on an antique Ural motorbike to the only town in the world sitting on the Arctic Circle, all in the name of the amazing charity that is Room to Read.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">This is not an adventure for the faint of heart or lover of comfort, this is a freezing beast of an adventure that will make grown men wimper and proven adventurers reach for their Kleenex.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Imagine locking yourself in your freezer for twelve days and you're not even nearly there: Siberia in the depths of winter makes your freezer feel like the Costa del Sol. Not only will we have to deal with the extremity-withering cold, we’re also in a land where wolves and bears roam the forests and there will often be hundreds of kilometers between us and any form of human habitation.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">There's no guarantee of making it to the finish line and no back-up. It's just 2 friends, 650cc of Soviet engineering genius and the awe-inspiring Siberian wilderness.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Money raised will be donated to the amazing charity that is Room to Read. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Working in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments, we develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills to succeed in school and beyond”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></em></p>
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