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Nov 2021
23m 33s

El ciclista nómada (The Bike Nomad)

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About this episode

Ever since he was a kid, Rafa Millan-Garcia got through tough times by getting on his bike and pedaling alone for miles. But after one very long bike ride took him 1,700 miles from his home in Mexico City to Colorado, this nomad found a community that he never wanted to leave.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/340ZDAv.

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