mo•jo n., 1. short for mobile journalist. 2. a flair for charm and creativity.

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  • by Roberto Rocha
  • published from Indonesia
  • on 2010.07.10

The greatest form of urban transportation

There is no shortage of evidence to show that the West is in fact far less developed than the East: the death of spirituality. The domination of work over family. Material individualism. Girlicious.

But nothing proves how backwards we are than our failure to adopt the single greatest mode of urban transportation: the becak, a two-seater rickshaw pushed from behind by a bicycle.

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  • by Roberto Rocha
  • published from Guatemala
  • on 2009.03.22

The chicken buses

Three things happened when I stopped being a pussy and started taking the chicken buses instead of tourist shuttles between cities.

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