I never learned how to ride a bicycle until I was in my mid twenties. Fraternal eight year old twins I was babysitting in graduate school, Micheal and Hanna, taught me how to ride in the spring of 1999. It was not until 2001, after my husband and I bought my first bike for 13 dollars from an old man in Shelby, NC, I fell hard for a bike... More
For the first time in years
... I rode a bike.
Last week, when we were on vacation in Yangshuo, my husband and I rented two bikes and rode along the Li River (the river is on the right side of me even if it can't be seen on the picture).
When I first got on my rented bike, I was hesitant. I thought I might have forgotten how to; it has been THAT long.
Riding bikes in China, even in small towns like Yangshuo, one has to be careful not to be run over by a car, a motorcycle, and a tuk tuk (three wheeled car) that may drive on sidewalks and bike lanes as much as they do on roads.
I am glad to report I survived my first bike ride in China. I hope I can work up my nerve to try getting on one here in Dalian.
We will see.
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