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China: Workers Use Motorcycle For New Year Migration

February
2013

  File under Travel
  Author: Mike Werner
  Location: Normandy, France

Chinese workers are obviously as fed up about public transportation as we are in the Western world, so they've taken to motorcycles to go and celebrate new Year at home. Good for them...

Migrant workers ride motorcycles carrying their family members and luggage along an expressway towards their hometowns from Chaoshan, Guangdong province February 2, 2013. More than 10,000 migrant worker families have been heading back to their hometowns on the back of motorcycles everyday since the start of the travel rush period due to the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations, as they consider the motorcycle a more convenient and economical means of transport than other conventional transportation modes used for long journeys, local media reported. Picture taken February 2, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily

A migrant worker rides a motorcycle carrying his family members and luggage along an expressway towards his hometown from Chaoshan, Guangdong province February 2, 2013. More than 10,000 migrant worker families have been heading back to their hometowns on the back of motorcycles everyday since the start of the travel rush period due to the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations, as they consider the motorcycle a more convenient and economical means of transport than other conventional transportation modes used for long journeys, local media reported. Picture taken February 2, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily

Migrant workers ride motorcycles carrying their families and luggage past a checkpoint on their way home ahead of the Spring Festival in Fengkai, Guangdong province, February 4, 2013. From the start of the travel rush period due to the coming Chinese New Year, more than 10 thousands migrant worker families are heading back to their hometowns on back of their motorcycles everyday since they consider motorcycle more convenient and economical than conventional long-journey traffic tools, local media reported. REUTERS/China Daily

Migrant workers and their motorcycles carrying their families and luggage are seen in the reflection of a migrant worker's helmet, as they take a break on their way home ahead of the Spring Festival in Fengkai, Guangdong province, February 4, 2013. From the start of the travel rush period due to the coming Chinese New Year, more than 10 thousands migrant worker families are heading back to their hometowns on back of their motorcycles everyday since they consider motorcycle more convenient and economical than conventional long-journey traffic tools, local media reported. REUTERS/China Daily

Via: News Yahoo & Reuters