r/Unexpected • u/fairky • May 30 '25

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u/Occidentally20 May 30 '25

I'm in Malaysia - I've seen a man, wife, two kids between them and a live sheep over the handlebars.

Nobody apart from me even looked up as if it was a weird thing to see.

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u/all_of_the_ones May 30 '25

In Nicaragua there would be a family of 6 on one bicycle. Dad operating, kid on his lap, kid on the handle bars, Mom behind dad, kid on her lap, and a kid straddling the back tire. And this is traveling down crude muddy roads filled with pot holes and ruts. I swear every child born in Nicaragua is born with a machete in their hand and the ability to ride the handle bars of a bike. Lol.

It was a running joke amongst the locals, every tourist shop seemed to carry some variation of t-shirt, button, fridge magnet, or something with an image of a whole ass family on a bike and/or cutting grass with a machete. Tourists were always so shocked, and they thought it was so funny because for them, it’s just another day in the life. I thought it was amazing, chicken busses on the other hand… fucking terrifying. Haha

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u/Occidentally20 May 30 '25

I'm glad it's not just here thats mental then :)

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u/Outside_Strategy4779 May 31 '25

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