China Trip Observation – Transporting Children

I may be the only person thinking this… but I found it really interesting the way children are transported around China. Because most individuals cannot afford cars, they use bicycles or mopeds to get around. Everywhere we went, be it in the city or countryside, I saw little children holding on to their parents for dear life as they were taken around on these vehicles.

In some cases they were on the backs of the bike holding on to their parents (with no apparent safety devices). In other cases, they were sitting or standing just in front of their parents on mopeds or sandwiched inbetween a mother or father. Any way you look at it, though, they appeared like they could tumble off the vehicle at any second! *LOL* Here are some of the blurry photos I was able to take from my bus window. Hard to see … but you’ll get the idea…