This humble little video is shot from the inside of a car and shows motorcycles passing by the traffic … which moves very, very slowly. This is one of the reasons I took a moto taxi last year in Paris.
moto taxi
Daily Ride – Motos go to brunch
Daily Ride – Supermoto Addict | Tourisme Moto Dans Paris
Daily Ride – Balade à moto sur Paris
Daily Ride – Trans Moto Cub – Moto Taxi Bordeaux
Daily Ride – down the road…
Daily Ride – 56 businessmen on moto taxis in Paris
It’s one way to get to your meetings!
Two or three old women came and asked…
Two or three old women came and asked him [Suzuki Shosan] about the essence of Buddhism.
The Master said: “I do not know anything that I can teach you.”
After a while he said suddenly: “You will die, you will die. Never forget the fact of dying…”
From : Death Was His Koan: The Samurai-Zen of Suzuki Shosan By Winston L. King (P.285)
It looks so harmless on a web page
… and in all honesty, that’s pretty much how I felt, one fine spring afternoon, on the back of a motorcycle flying down a highway near Paris.
What happened that day crystallized a whole lot that I’d observed about myself, doing business with the French, and the practical uses of Zen.
And the book is nearing completion . . . ready in early 2015. So stay tuned.
Daily Ride – May gathering in Paris
Daily Ride – Beating out Paris Traffic
This is a 4:36 minute advertisement for a moto taxi service, which makes a pretty good case for riding a motorcycle, instead of being stuck in traffic for hours. If you have someplace you have to be, and you can’t wait for traffic, here’s an option for you
Zen and the Art of Moto Taxi Survival 