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A radio interview took place this morning at a station along the route. Crying, Ani la told the reporter about the hunger strike taking place in India. "This walk is easy for me." she said. "What they are doing is so much more."

After lunch today I took the job of driving the support vehicle. It's sort of a boring job, but adds a different dimension to the walk experience.

Drive half a mile ahead. Park and wait.

Look for the signs and flags to come bobbing along.

They get closer.

The sound of conversation, footsteps, laughter and singing. Some walking in solitude.

As they pass, from the driver's seat I smile, wave, flip the peace sign and feel love for each individual walking out there.

Such a small group of people we are, yet the impact we can make! In two weeks we have made the front page of three newspapers and made radio news three times. As we walk we see families gather at their living room windows to peer out and sometimes they venture beyond their walls to talk to us. Drivers honk, wave, thumbs up and blinking lights. As of today this website has been visited 84,000 times this month.

The walkers reach the final destination for the day, another 10 miles down 258 to go.

Today there are more people who know about Tibet than there were yesterday.

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