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Bicycles across Asia, 1984
A Photographic Log

Here are a few random shots of some bikes encountered while travelling across Asia in 1984.

Sri Lanka. Bikes on the main drag in Trincomalee.


India. Wheels and hooves share the street.


India. Street scene in Varanasi, including pedal cab.


India. A procession of pedal cabs.


India. Another view over the shoulder of a pedal cab driver.

Somewhere along the line I misplaced the photo of me driving and pedaling.


India. The bus for the Happy Model School.


India. Close-up of the the Happy Model School bus.


Nepal. My ace support crew on a rental bike in Kathmandu.


China. Happy tricycle racers.


China. Bikes everywhere. Bus only for tourists.


China. A bike in every driveway.


China. Bike in foreground. Boy peeing in background.


China. Bicycle truck with heavy load.


China. Bronze-haired foreigner borrowing a local bike.


China. Note the baby seat.


China. Bikes on the street in Guilin.


China. Hand-pedal trike for rider with injured legs in Xi'an.


Indonesia. The becak driver gets to ride in his own cab near Borobodur on Java.


Indonesia. Another view of the becak.





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