The taxi cabs have no seat belts and are dirt cheap. It's a dollar to go three kilometers and then 15 cents for each additional mile. Originally we were biking down to some of the bars around campus but one night when we were coming back from something further in town our cab drove by a mangled bicycle in the middle of the road and police taking pictures. Later we learned that an American student from William and Mary's who was studying Mandarin had been hit by a motorcyclist and had fractured his skull and punctured his lungs. He was experiencing Chinese medicine first hand. Jen and I decided it was worth the freaking dollar to ride down to Wudaeku. Somethings you shouldn't cheap out on.....
More Random things about China:
Little kids stare at me when I ride around campus like they've never seen a white person before. The brave one's like to shout out hello.
People are constantly amazed that a westerner can use chopsticks. Somehow that stereotype has survived to current day.
More Random things about China:
Little kids stare at me when I ride around campus like they've never seen a white person before. The brave one's like to shout out hello.
People are constantly amazed that a westerner can use chopsticks. Somehow that stereotype has survived to current day.
