Thursday 14 August 2008

Bananas on Bikes

Two men carrying bananas and caniços (a kind of sticks that are used to build houses, fences and roofs). A bike can be a very helpful tool of transport and to transport goods. People here use theirs bikes proudly. Like in Copenhagen they make them personal. Some times they even give it names. A new bike costs around 2600 meticais (more or less 50 euros), an amount that is very much to most of families’ incomes. Therefore a bike is sometimes a medium and long time wish and families try to save some money to buy it.

4 comments:

Colville-Andersen said...

what a wonderful blog!

RH said...

Many thanks for your comment. I really apreciate very much your work and all the inspiration you sent us from Copenhagen.

João Lacerda said...

Nobre Colega,

Obrigado pelo link para o blog da transporte ativo.

Gostaria de mais informações sobre a cultura da bicicleta na Africa e te-las de Moçambique é muito bom.

Abs

Gonças said...

Viva
É com grande gosto que vejo um blog dedicado à cultura ciclista em Moçambique! É mais uma prova de que a bicicleta É o veículo democrático e o mais eficaz que existe!
Um abraço desde Portugal
Gonças