Saturday, June 28, 2008

What to be afraid of in China?

The Taxi Drivers. Well, actually, to be fair, all Chinese drivers. They literally stop for nothing. A pedestrian crossing a busy street will encounter cars honking at them but no stopping or even slowing down on the part of the vehicle. People usually stop in the middle of the busy street, then wait for cars to pass by, then start to cross again. It seems that cars always have the right of way in China. Now, I understand why women walk in pairs here, always holding hands or holding each other under arm.

7 comments:

Daniel said...

You tell 'em drivers to be nice to ya. Or else - the bear is coming and I ain't no panda.

Mikhail Khodorovskiy said...

Hi, Allka, cool comments.

Mikhail Khodorovskiy said...

Honey,
We had a great time reading your blog! I actually translated it to Grandma. She particularly liked the comparisons to Soviet Union, the raw shrimp at the restaurant, and of course she was worried about the taxi drivers. :-)

I can't wait to read more about your adventures. We want more pic's too!

Love you and miss you,
Your sister and Grandma

Alla said...

Thanks for responding guys! I love getting feedback like this. :-)

I have tons of pictures, but it takes like 2 minutes to download each one. I'll try to post more today.

Bruce said...

Sounds like a place I would like to drive in!

VAS said...

I guess that way they can pull each other out of the harms way ;)

Daniel said...

Great - more scary details, please. Gradma does entirely not enough worrying...