This is our first installment of Only In Asia: Selling Fruit by Horse-Drawn Carriage in Urban Cities. This awesome photo was taken by our very own kvietgrl in Beijing, China. When I was working in Beijing last year, I sometimes saw villagers come to town on Horse-Drawn Carriages to sell fruit (mostly), but I never had a camera around when I would see them.
This is a real treat for us here at SAPL because it is definitely not something we see every day (or ever).
Thanks, Kvietgrl!
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Cathy // Apr 21, 2011 at 10:18 pm
This is fun! I`ve never seen one like it. I would love to go to China one day and see for myself.
In Manila, there are still a few horse-drawn carriages… but they are usually meant for tourists around the Walls of Intramuros. I remember seeing them a lot in front of my Aunt`s house when I was a kid, but had never been on them all my life.
I love this post!
2 Peter // May 13, 2011 at 2:31 am
Thanks Cathy, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
3 zam // May 31, 2011 at 9:46 am
actually i saw this alot of times before in diff countries.
also it can be found in my country o.O
but still seeing things new to u is amazing
am happy u experienced that
4 franquicia lyoness // Jun 8, 2011 at 4:19 pm
thank you for sharing such a great post its really awesome
5 Doc // Aug 4, 2011 at 6:03 pm
I like how is carriage is a light tractor trailer with engines removed.
6 mbt // Oct 5, 2011 at 2:18 am
that seems have lot of fun .
7 basil // May 2, 2017 at 9:33 pm
//Doc // Aug 4, 2011 at 6:03 pm
I like how is carriage is a light tractor trailer with engines removed.//
I learnt from history class that Canada had these too – during the Depression in the 30s, they were called “Bennett Buggy”, after Prime Minister who got the blame for the economy.
It’s cool they are re-purposing a dead auto this way.
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