The jing

Motorscooter madness

Beijing always seems to get a bad wrap when it comes to traffic accidents, and in many ways, deservedly so. However, as an avid cyclist (and by avid I mean simply someone who insists on riding her used Giant bicycle everywhere the city will allow), I'm inured to problems and lead-footed taxi drivers, probably to a fault.

This is exactly why I found it unreasonable that I should have an accident on a tiny island in Thailand during my October holiday. Compared to Beijing, it's got a population of zero and so little traffic that there aren't even any lanes. Fortunately for me, however, the town was full on clinics and I happened to fall right in front of one.