The song by Queen suggests bicycle riding is a little piece of Utopia, an island of peace and tranquility – not likely!! Suddenly you’re facing down a delivery truck in the bike lane, travelling on the wrong side of the road to avoid traffic congestion. Drivers in Beijing generally have little respect for the rules of the road. They consider them as guidelines for other people.
As you rarely see a police officer, people make up their own rules. I’ve seen people do the following things in order to avoid traffic congestion: driving on the wrong side of the road, driving on sidewalks, on bike paths, on pedestrian paths, and many other creative alternatives just too hard to explain.
Our friend Chenxia is a very kind, caring and lovable person, but as a driver she is very frightening, scary, and crazy!
If you’re an adrenaline junkie try bike riding in Beijing. All you need is a sharp eye, quick reflexes and a lot of luck!
Hi
You are brave people. Have you tried to see how much “stuff” you can haul on your bikes ??
Your bike photos remind me of the Vespa’s in Paris
BY the look of your photos your weather is still cool. We have had amazing weather here and today I have to cut the lawn !!!
Take care
Hi Roz,
Great to hear from you.
We do all our shopping with our bikes. We both have backpacks and can carry a lot in them. Sometimes we take our bikes to the subway station, leave them there and go shopping and take our backpacks.
The weather here is still quite cool, maybe 7 to 10 degrees celsius. At school I go around with my winter coat on because the heat has been turned off since the middle of March. I hope it warms up soon!!
I can’t believe our year in China is almost over!