Bonjour,

I frequently show photos of some of the more funky third-world transportation vehicles from our trips. France is very much a first-world country, but they still have lots of funky transportation vehicles. Outside of Paris, I thought that it was primarily due to such features as the narrow streets and heavy pedestrian traffic. But in Paris, we saw just as many unusual vehicles. We saw an incredible number of bicycles as well as people on skate boards, skates, roller blades, and other forms of similar transportation. I thought I would show a few here just for the heck of it.

1. Most of the vehicles were for transportation of people, but not all of them. I’m not sure what this guy was selling or transporting but he was doing it with peddle power.

2. This guy was right out in the flow of traffic but he didn’t seem concerned about it.

3. These French guys had some pretty fancy peddle rides.

4. It wasn’t all just peddle-power that we saw. These were also a common vehicle, though mostly for tourists on guided tours.

5. Once again, we saw some very compact motor vehicles, including this one on our way back to our hotel one evening.

Voila,

Bill