Scooters At Work

Scooters are one of the first steps of upward mobility in India and they prove to be much more versatile than we would tend to think they might be in the West. They can be used to transport vast quantities of goods to market and/or home again. I didn't get a picture of it, but from the train on Tuesday morning, I spotted a fellow driving his scooter 'cross country' along the rice patty trails with what looked to be 3 large gunny sacks (larger bags than a 20 lb bag of potatoes for example). I caught sight of him just in time to see him lose his balance on the rough trail and dump his scooter and goods into the dirt. As you can see in the pictures from Goa, there people used their scooters to transport people with their suitcases, or to take their whole family for an afternoon out to the beach. We of course felt we should also do our best to fit in with the local ways.