Sunday, August 7, 2011

UNSETTLINGLY HIGH BRIDGE IN GUANGZHOU

We got to ride on a double-decker buss to the airport in GuangZhou. At first I was happy about that. We got up onto the top of the buss because that would be more fun. I thought.
I didn't realize we'd be barreling down a highway at rocket speed, and right on the edge of a roller-coaster-height bridge. The guardrail was about 2 feet tall. That would be just enough of a guardrail, not to stop your double decker buss from flipping, but to give it a quick spin and make the fall even more dramatic.
When I look at these pictures it doesn't seem as bad as it did in real life. It's difficult to conceive the scale of the drop in these shots. We were about 2 feet from the edge, and bouncing and bumping and flying across that highway the entire trip. Also big winds were blowing our buss which only added to the excitement. The only thing that gave me comfort was the fact that the driver probably drove that buss on that bridge many times a day, every day, and he was still alive.
Look at that tiny little guardrail!! Those are the tops of trees down there!

7 comments:

  1. I have vertigo and get the height dizzies, so this would not be good for me.

    I love your description of flipping and spinning if the bus fell over the edge..very evocative.

    And cartoony!!

    Glad you survived!

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  2. I'm a bit phobic about heights myself, so I can sympathize with your pants pissing. I would have gone very, very still and quiet.

    "That would be just enough of a guardrail, not to stop your double decker bus from flipping, but to give it a quick spin and make the fall even more dramatic. That made me laugh out loud.

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  3. Like Mykal, I too laughed out loud at your picturesque descriptive powers of mayhem :)
    You live life in the "fast lane" Keith. Salute!

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  4. Willy, Mykal and R/E, Thanks guys for the visits and the comments! I'm happy to still be alive to read them.

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  5. "All aboard the 'Bungie Bus'"

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  6. Nice comments.. enjoying it and i hope to see these kind of comments in the future to bring a smile on my face at-least. thanks:)

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