Off to the Airport

Oh I forgot.  The traffic is always crazy in Changsha in my humble opinion (everywhere we've been actually).  The worst I've seen.  Cab rides are amazing.  Some might us the term "risky."  For riders and pedestrians, but it is always hard to take a picture to demonstrate it.  It just looks like a traffic jam.  Until the ride to the airport!  

Our van driver really was an amazing driver and merger.  No line of traffic was too much for this gentleman to merge into.  No turn was too close (in distance) to actually feel the need to be in the right or left lane (depending on direction).  No vehicle, whether city bus or scooter or bicycle was intimidating to him.  No pedestrian couldn't be told to "hold still" with a stern honk of the horn.  No turn was too sharp to only go two wide.  Just like like NASCAR, three wide is more fun for the fans.  Bump drafting?  Well I'm not certain I ever felt a bump, but there was not doubt he was drafting.  Even if he doesn't know what NASCAR is.  But even Jeff Gordon and Tony Stuart go with the flow of traffic.  Not our man.

It was rush hour.  We needed to be at the airport.  Time to pull out all the stops.  Notice the double yellow line...  

I finally got my picture.