GEORGE TOWN: A 57-year-old pastor has travelled more than 2,200km from Chiang Rai to Penang on his penny-farthing, the late 19th century-type bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel, to raise RM60,000 and buy a van for his orphanage in Thailand.
Penang-born Cheah Chee Moon, 57, left Chiang Rai on Aug 2 and crossed into Malaysia through Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah, on Sunday, escorted by 14 cyclists from the Bike on Friday group who rode with him from Gurun to Penang.
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