Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Morning Rush Hour



(This picture can be enlarged by clicking on it.)

The picture above of morning rush hour traffic in Beijing was taken during my trip to China in 1987. At that time the bicycle was the principle means of transportation for ordinary Chinese. The vendors in the background are selling breakfast foods. I guess they are the Chinese version of Macdonalds!

The picture above was scanned from a slide.

8 comments:

Busy Bee Suz said...

How funny! Imagine what a healthier country we would be if we all rode our bikes everywhere...especially if we rode them PAST the McDonalds.

rainfield61 said...

It was 20 years ago. Beijing must be very much different by now.

Ruth's Photo Blog said...

Sure looks different than the usual rush hour traffic.Maybe safer?
Blessings,Ruth

HappyK said...

At least they don't have to pay for gas!!

Cheryl said...

What Busy Bee Suz said! Exactly!

Kirigalpoththa said...

Good to cycle instead driving..still there should not be any mcdonalds on the way :)

Leah C. Dancel said...

a healthy means of transport - eco friendly.

Sunny said...

Sorry I am so far behind with my comments.
I love this picture, do the vendors have peddle up windows?
Ha-ha!
Sunny :)