So each evening, when i sit down with my dinner and a beer, is photo review time. What i'm finding is that i'm taking a whole hell of a lot of photos of scooters and motorcycles. I can't help it. Really. The slogan i put on two-wheeling in southeast asia is "by any means necessary." What they can load on their bikes continues to amaze me. It also appears that while in traffic, they are all really working with eachother to make sure there are no accidents. At first glance, it seems like very aggressive driving, especially at stop lights when the cars are at rest, and 35 bikes are weaving through stopped traffic to get to the front. But when you really watch for a while, there is a nice fluidity to it all. From a high vantage point over a road, particularly over a red traffic light, the bikes look like litte water droplets snaking their way down a window.
Friday, January 22, 2010
So each evening, when i sit down with my dinner and a beer, is photo review time. What i'm finding is that i'm taking a whole hell of a lot of photos of scooters and motorcycles. I can't help it. Really. The slogan i put on two-wheeling in southeast asia is "by any means necessary." What they can load on their bikes continues to amaze me. It also appears that while in traffic, they are all really working with eachother to make sure there are no accidents. At first glance, it seems like very aggressive driving, especially at stop lights when the cars are at rest, and 35 bikes are weaving through stopped traffic to get to the front. But when you really watch for a while, there is a nice fluidity to it all. From a high vantage point over a road, particularly over a red traffic light, the bikes look like litte water droplets snaking their way down a window.
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awesome.
ReplyDeleteya. watching and figuring out traffic was one of my fav things in india too. it amazes me. its like a flock of birds or school of fish.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. It is fascinating. I've watched it in Vietnam, Thailand, China and Indonesia. Some commutes smoother than others and each country has its own brand of controlled chaos.
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