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Christian (from Houston) and I went to Russia last week with 7 unicycles. Two 28" , Two 16" , Two 24", One 20" . After riding around St Petersburg for 4 days (
http://gallery.texasunicycle.com/album09 ) , we left for an orphange - a 4 hour drive into the country. We spent 5 days living in the orphanage, teaching them to unicycle, and just having fun with them. There were 150 kids there. The ages range from 5 to 17 years. The unicycles were immediately popular and it was hard to give everyone enough practice time to learn how to ride. By the 2nd day, we had 2 kids riding. By days 4 and 5, I think 5 kids could ride pretty well. One was free mounting. We left all 7 unicycles at the orphanage. I'm sure they will get plenty of use.
For me this experience was totally amazing and overwelming emotionally. I developed friendships with all these kids. They were incredibly loving and their enthusiasm / determination to learn to ride a unicycle was great to see. They seemed happy despite their lack of parents or money.
...Just wanted to share. Here are some pics of the orphanage:
http://wanderingphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/3377151
and here:
http://wanderingphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/3376961