Tallest Bike In The World

The Cuban Build Tallest Bike In The World
By: Safwan Salleh
It’s not possible to keep up with 52-year-old Félix Ramón Guirola Cepero, and it’s worth. On a bright winter day, he flew down Havana’s famed Malecón on his bicycle as tourists and locals alike gawked in wonderment.
Guirola Cepero started building his tall bicycles since he was 15, starting as a teenager in his native city of Ciego de Ávila in central Cuba. His fixation began when he spotted a member of the national cycling team pedalling a tandem bike through his hometown.
He was attracted to the idea of creating something entirely new. “When I saw a tandem for the first time, it was horizontal,” he explained. “I said, ‘Well, I'm going to build upwards’.”
“From on top of the bike, I can grab coconuts.” he joke.
But building tall bikes wasn’t Guirola Cepero’s only dream, he had other big plans, too. For a time, he hoped to flee by boat to the United States. “I tried four times,” he said, earning himself a cumulative total of 21 years in prison.
He’s uncharacteristically quiet when asked about the experience. “It was terrible,” he added.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
Punctual Nation in The World By: Safwan Salleh Although many countries are saddled with stereotypes, in Switzerland’s case they’re not. The alpine nation really is highly efficient. And meticulously punctual. Clean, too. For chronically tardy, resolutely inefficient, people like to visit Switzerland yields a cocktail of emotions, awe, relief and a dash of irritation. For the Swiss, punctuality is important, a bonbon in the buffet of life. It is a source of deep contentment.  The Swiss, it seems, subscribe to the German philosopher Schopenhauer’s definition of happiness as “an absence of misery”. They derive genuine joy from the fact that life unfolds on time and in a highly efficient manner.
Read more

Mangroves Keeping Vietnam Afloat

Image
By: Safwan Salleh The rising of sea levels threaten to drown the Mekong Delta, which produces the majority of Vietnam’s rice. The only thing standing between the country and the ocean is a tree. The  Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment   predicts that the ocean will swallow more than a third of the region by the year 2100, taking a swath of Ho Chi Minh City with it. Halfway up the coast from the Mekong Delta, Hoi An’s prognosis is better, but it’s not immune. The city sits where the Thu Bon River meets the South China Sea. Its inhabitants are already used to hauling furniture upstairs during seasonal floods. Mangroves are the climate superheroes of the natural world. They grow in swamps along the coasts with thin trunks and tangled, spidery roots submerged in dark, briny water. The roots filter saltwater and can expand eroded coastlines. They also create natural storm barriers and protect agricultural land from saltwater infiltration. And on top of everything else, mang
Read more
Image
Nobody expect, Johannesburg attracts expats looking to accomplish a lot and integrate quickly, bursting with the energy and pace of a big city but with the friendliness town. “The thing I love most about Joburg is that it is a city of opportunity,” said Crystal Espin, originally from Cape Town and founder of local blog  Joburg’s Darling . “You get the feeling that everyone is here to make something of themselves.” Gerrard Hattfield, originally from Cape Town and founder of travel site  Flight Factory , agrees, calling the city ‘The Silicon Valley of South Africa’. He explained that “compared to Cape Town, which is more laid back, Joburg is extremely hard working.” South Africa’s largest city has significantly invested in the growth of small businesses, with the creation of the Ministry of Small Business Development in 2014. The city also recently hosted  The Global Entrepreneurship Congress , which brought together entrepreneurs, investors and researchers from 165 countries to
Read more