In late 2009, Hope "Mommie Bear" Walker returned to Sprint Triathlon competition after a 7 year retirement. Her success in her age group has been fabulous and she has qualified for and has become a member of the USAT Team USA for 2011 and will compete for the USA team at the 2011 Sprint Triathlon World Championships in Beijing China in September 2011. This blog is to chronicle her efforts and journey and to help raise donations to fund her trip to Beijing China to represent the USA Team and to chronicle the family's involvement in multisports competition.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

More Observations from China

- Every day is like a giant game of chicken here... people just honk and drive where they want... bikes cut in front of cars (even police)
- The highway lanes are marked with minimum and maximum speeds... both on signs and painted on the road... we should do that in America to keep people from driving 45 in the left lane on the Interstates
- Taxis are difficult to catch at night in the city center
- Subways are clean, but the city is VERY large and they don't go everywhere
- Olympic venues are cool no matter where you are
- Everything is negotiable at the Silk Market... never pay the initial quoted price... even when they say "you are killing me"... you can always get cheaper (to a point)
- When the smog clears, the mountains surrounding the city are really pretty
 
Zai jian!

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