Kids love Bob too. Wanting to repay some of the kindness shown to him by people throughout the world, Bob has hit upon a brilliant solution to the problem of gift giving, which is constrained by the necessity of travelling light. Rather than carry a load of knick-knacks, which would weigh him down, Bob carries a bag of balloons. Says Bob, I stayed up one night and taught myself how to make balloon animals. I make dogs and giraffes for the kids and hearts for the ladies.
People love it.
It hasn t been all smooth sailing though. Bob was once dragged out of his tent by four men in Malaysia in the middle of the night and robbed. His bike was stolen in Peru. He was robbed at syringe-point in Vietnam, nearly stabbed in Thailand, and nearly beaten in Mexico when he was mistaken for an American. These guys locked up the bar and were going to thrash me.