環球1272日

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如果世界上有兩條路讓我走，一條是永遠逆風又無邊無際的平坦馬路，而另一條是蜿蜒山脈，我會選哪一條？

答案是山路。

Around the world1272days （challenge police)

If there are two ways for me to travel：one is against the wind with boundless flat roads? Another one is zigzag mountain roads; which one I would choose?

在加拿大的薩斯卡徹溫省就是一望無際且炙熱的高原，我沒有想過在這騎車竟找回了*撒哈拉沙漠的影子，雖然溫度並沒有撒哈拉來的高，但是它的空氣像是點火的稻草貼在我的肌膚上。

但！

我得到了加拿大最珍貴的故事

在炙熱的高原環境找到一所警察局的陰影處躲避陽光，喘氣時順手點了根不好抽的煙，下一秒鐘警局內的警察也走出來點了一根煙，我們互相打招呼問候。

他叫布崙南

The answer is zigzag mountain roads.

In Saskatchewan Canada, a prairie with torrid weather, it remind me of Sahara desert when I biked there years ago. Although the temperature wasn’t hot like that but it definitely felt the straw with fire on my skin.

But…

I got the most precious story of Canada：

In the hot summer day, I found a shade behind the police station for resting a bit, then have a cigarette. When I just about to sit down, there was a police officer also came out for a cigarette, we were greeting each other.

His name is Brennan.

《嘿，你要去哪裡？》

《阿拉斯加》

一句問候開啟了一段關於我的故事，一段精簡至十分鐘就能貫徹我四年流浪的精華，警察聽的激動不已

《你有沒有需要什麼補給品？我看看警局裡面有沒有》

《水…三瓶，這樣就好了》

布崙南回去警局內找尋我需要的補給品後走回後院，手上也多了一塊硬幣向我說

《這是你的禮物，里昂，你知道它的故事嗎？》

《不知道，但它看起來很珍貴》

《它叫挑戰幣，是第一次世界大戰時傳承下來的習俗，從那時開始，警察身上都會有一枚挑戰幣，這代表著榮耀，當時有一個警察走進了一個酒館，向另外一個警察發出挑戰。

［我要挑戰你］

面對挑戰的警察沒有把這塊挑戰幣帶在身上，無法出示這塊硬幣，那這位警察就必須請全場的客人喝酒，他必須請客，相反的，如果警察有把硬幣出示在你面前，我相對必須承受挑戰失敗的相同後果，請全場的人喝酒。》

《哇！這麼貴重的禮物？我只能在薩省使用這塊硬幣嗎？》

《不，參加過一戰的英屬國家都可以使用，你可以代替我去向其他警察發出挑戰》

B: Hey, where are you going.

R: Alaska

This started our conversation with my stories. A short ten minutes brief my past four years biking life around the world. This officer was so excited.

B: Do you need anything else? I can check if we have something inside.

R: three bottles of water

Brennan went inside and brought water bottles to me; also gave me a coin and said:

“This is your gift, Reo. Do you know the story about this coin.”

This is “ challenge coin” – it was tradition from World War I. In that time ,police all

have this coin and it represents the honor. Backdate, there was a police A walked in the bar and challenging to police B officer, said：

“I challenge you ”

Facing the challenge , the police B didn’t bring the coin with him, so he can’t show it; therefore， he has to buy a drink for everyone in the bar. Opposite,

if officer B showed up the coin, then officer A has to buy a drink for everyone in the bar.

Wow! This is very precious gift. Am I only can use it in Saskatchewan?

No, you can use it to all Commonwealth of Nations. You can challenge the police officer on behalf of me.

Ps: 我照著三餐擦拭著這塊硬幣，這實在太美妙了。
Ps. What an amazing story. I clean this coin three times a day.