(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The biker couple will pass through iran turkey greece albania montenegro slovenia and italy.
jean-francois laurent and nadine laurent at anantara dubai.
the general manager of an eight-month old resort and spa in dubai (that has a ‘fountain of wishes’ at the entrance) is also a biker interested in charity.
having spent 13 years in dubai jean-francois laurent biker and general manager of anantara dubai the palm resort & spa says he always wanted to one day go home by road but didn’t know how and which route. the details were foggy. and yet in the last few months it’s all fallen into place for him as he is set to leave on june 1 to make his 7000km journey from dubai to teilhet ariège with his wife nadine whose luggage for the trip incidentally weighs only 6kg inclusive of her three pairs of shoes.
the biker couple will pass through iran turkey greece albania montenegro slovenia and italy. all the way they will be blogging and tweeting about their journey and raising funds for the karama-based centre special needs future development centre (snf).
students of the special needs future development centre with jean-francois laurent. — kt photos by mukesh kamal
on thursday morning 10 students from the snf centre — 5 boys and 5 girls (of the total 38 students enrolled at the institute) — were present at the eastern frond of the palm where the resort is located posing beside the wishing fountain for the “bon voyage” ceremony. the coins collected from the fountain will be donated to snf a charity nadine says is very close to her heart. the couple chose snf because “it’s an organisation that needs help and isn’t really supported by any major financial institutions.”
safia bari director of snf says of the hotelier-biker couple: “they’ve adopted us. we’re very happy to be here and for the students to have this opportunity.”
one of the boy students muneeb shakawat was especially thrilled when jean-francois gave him a ride on the bike.
“another couple friends of ours will be joining us from france and together we set off on our road trip today” said jean-francois. he says of the 21-day road trip: “this will be the longest trip we would have ever done both time and distance wise.” and all proceeds raised from this journey will go to aid the needs of the special children.
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