Panning for Golden Shots

One of the most noticable aspects of Taiwan life is the scooter. Most people have one, and it shows. They are everywhere, like blackflies around your head. Young and old, jeans and dresses, sneakers and high heals, kids and dogs, even stacks of propane tanks. Anything and everything. Traffic rules are not strictly followed, but the scooters, usually sharing a lane with cars, have to yield by default. Everything keeps moving forward and it somehow works...most of the time. I have seen several accidents in Tainan involving scooters. Fortunately none were very serious, but the scars I've seen on young people's legs prove otherwise. The shocking truth is that the parents usually wear helmets, but young children rarely have them on. Even before coming here, I had heard that five people riding on one scooter was not unheard of, and sure enough, we eventually saw it for ourselves. In fact, four is very common, and I have several pictures, including one today.


Panning shots of moving scooters has been my favorite pasttime.

Peace!

I've been had!

Whoops! how did that get in here!