As many of you, I'm both an avid cyclist and motocyclist. I've done several tours on both modes of transport and follow these websites regularly. If I'm not doing tours of my own, then I'm surely reading about others who are doing them.
http://www.mychinamoto.com Motorcycle stories in China
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com Global bicycle touring
One of the blogs I followed regularly was by Catherine Sheehan from NZ. She had just wrapped up a 9-month long cycling trip through China, Thailand, and other countries and was on her way back to New Zealand. While in transit in KL Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) she was hit and killed by a cager, that is to say a car driver.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10750730
It is very sad news indeed, especially as I enjoyed her humorous and humble style of writing and interaction, and she was clearly doing something she loved. In addition to that, she had survived landsides, scary tunnels, monsoon rains, tropical diseases, and a whole host of other obstacles while in China. It is terribly injust that she would die while in transit in a Malaysian city, and even worse, by a cager. I had very little respect for cagers to begin with, and now, I have none, zero, zilch.
Be careful out there! Yesterday was car-free day, which basially meant squat in Shanghai, as these beasts still rule the world.
http://www.mychinamoto.com Motorcycle stories in China
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com Global bicycle touring
One of the blogs I followed regularly was by Catherine Sheehan from NZ. She had just wrapped up a 9-month long cycling trip through China, Thailand, and other countries and was on her way back to New Zealand. While in transit in KL Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) she was hit and killed by a cager, that is to say a car driver.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10750730
It is very sad news indeed, especially as I enjoyed her humorous and humble style of writing and interaction, and she was clearly doing something she loved. In addition to that, she had survived landsides, scary tunnels, monsoon rains, tropical diseases, and a whole host of other obstacles while in China. It is terribly injust that she would die while in transit in a Malaysian city, and even worse, by a cager. I had very little respect for cagers to begin with, and now, I have none, zero, zilch.
Be careful out there! Yesterday was car-free day, which basially meant squat in Shanghai, as these beasts still rule the world.
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