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-She went on her first international trip at age 56. Now this Chinese grandma is exploring the world by bike [[https://kra28c.cc/|kraken shop]]
+Sense of community [[https://kra32g.cc/|kra33cc]]
+Boris says that they immediately felt at home in the area, and loved how walkable everything seemed to be.
-In her late 50s and early 60s, Li Dongju found herself solo traveling alongside people a third of her age. But despite her late start, she has now biked solo through 12 countries across three continents.
+“We didn’t need a car, because we could get anywhere by taxi,” he says. “Things like going grocery shopping, buying bread, going to a restaurant, getting a haircut…
-The 66-year-old grandmother from Zhengzhou, in China’s central Henan province, has pedaled around Southeast Asia, Europe, and Oceania, visiting countries like Cambodia, France and Australia on her journeys.
+“Everything was at my disposal. All within a block or two, or three blocks (at) the most. So that’s what we enjoyed.”
-Speaking only Mandarin, she relied entirely on translation apps to communicate with locals. On a tight budget, she camped in parks, gas stations and even cemeteries, though she says many kind locals welcomed her into their homes.
+While Boris speaks Spanish and had picked up some Brazilian Portuguese during his first stint in the country, he was far from fluent.
-Li’s adventure was halted by the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2022. But she says that her cycling experiences have been “life changing.” Li believes that travel was what cured a decade-long depression that followed her divorce in 2005.
+However, he stresses that this wasn’t a huge barrier for him, and he was able to make friends relatively easily.
+“There’s more community, it seems like,” says Boris. “Even though I don’t have relatives down here… People are friendlier to me.”
-“Before cycling, I was heavily dependent on others … and felt like a frog in a well,” she said. “Now, I’m a wild wolf — free, fearless and independent.”
+Boris goes on to explain that he finds Brazilians to be more relaxed and less money-focused.
-This photo shows the lounge carriage of a panda-themed tourist train at Anjing Railway Station in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, November 10, 2024.
+“People are a little bit more laidback,” he says. “And it’s not as stressful as the United States, or the way people perceive us to be. Because everything is all about making money all the time.
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+“But here, it’s not about making money. It’s establishing other factors, like friendships.”
+Boris points out that, while his grasp of the language has improved over time, he still struggles.
+“It’s more colloquial…” he explains. “I mean, I could be standing there and somebody is having a conversation, and I can’t understand what they’re saying.
+“But if they’re talking to me, I understand. So it’s a little funny that way.”

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