Nine Million Bicycles
Twenty finger puppets (from Puno, Peru)
One person
You
Can change the world....

There is a wonderful serendipity about life as evidenced today.......

The Hand of Friendship ...looking for something today to take to Chinese children on my trip, I came across Elena in High Wycombe market, a Peruvian selling hand-made woollen finger puppets knitted by the people of Puno, next to Lake Titicaca, on the border of Peru and Bolivia.

A very poor place - she runs the Peruvian Orphan Childrens Fund - see link (--->)
Every Saturday she's in the market -please support her and her charity.

Extend a helping 'finger' puppet to the world...

Thanks also to Arturo and Leyla and Oscar and Hugo, their two kids for listening and spending a little time with me.

Also many thanks to Irish Anne..... and to you all -your donations, your thoughts, your time have helped make the world a better place for Deaf people.

It has been a pleasure to meet with you all.

Now, I ' got to start packing.....where did I leave my Chinese phrase book....?

oops... I nearly forgot , the title -click to listen to Katie Melua, singing 'Nine million bicyles in Beijing' I heard this song once on a Chinese website -didnt know the artiste..

Well standing in Woolies in Wycombe, waiting for one of the sales people to find me some Magnetix for little Mikey , my son, this song, came drifting in over the ceiling speaker,..

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact,
It's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die.

I'll drift away and write to you after I come back from Beijing...may the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your lawn/window box and, until we meet again may God hold you inthe palm of His Hand.