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  (GCA20A) Beijing Rickshaw by Steve (Licorice)
To score a find for this cache that is located east of the Forbidden City, locate the rickshaw found at the coorridates above.
Sit in the seat of the rickshaw and have someone take your picture with your GPS clearly present.
If it is busy then you might have to wait a while to sit on the rickshaw.
www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f96ac4f5-e655-42c6-a561-937f06e65a1f   (541 words)

  
  Rickshaw Summary
Rickshaws were mainly used in Asia, but nowadays they are outlawed in many places and have been replaced by cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws.
Rickshaws are a tourist attraction in the Asakusa region of Tokyo; in the main temple area of Kyoto; at Star Ferry pier at Edinburgh Place; on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong; on Cijin Island in Kaohsiung; and in areas of London's Chinatown.
Rickshaws were first introduced to the Chinese culture from traders in the 19th century and were popularized by British rulers in the early 20th century.
www.bookrags.com /Rickshaw   (1682 words)

  
  Rickshaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rickshaws were mainly used in Asia, but nowadays they are outlawed in many places and have been replaced by cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws.
Rickshaw puller is known as "rickshawala" in Bangla/Bengali.
Rickshaws are a tourist attraction in the Asakusa region of Tokyo; in the main temple area of Kyoto; at Star Ferry pier at Edinburgh Place; on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong; on Cijin Island in Kaohsiung; in areas of London's Chinatown, and in downtown Toronto.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rickshaw   (1292 words)

  
 Welcome to Shanghai Rickshaw Company
Rickshaws always travelled in single file, and the runner in front called out the particulars of hazards to his comrades coming behind, such as quagmires, rice-laden carts and narrow bridges.
The average speed of the rickshaw runner was 5 m.p.h.
Other sources say that the design of the rickshaw was probably based on the old French brouette which was a sedan chair converted into a man-pulled vehicle by the addition of springs and two wheels attached to a low axle.
www.shanghairickshaw.com /history.html   (1270 words)

  
 The Technology Chronicles : Rickshaw marketing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The rickshaw, a real conversation piece imported from India by an artist who needed a place to store it, usually hangs out in the Meetro garage in Palo Alto, thanks to a friendship with the curator of a local gallery.
They may be too young to remember sitcom Seinfeld's Kramer ill-fated brainstorm of a fleet of rickshaws pulled by New York's homeless, but they were quick to see the promotional mileage in such an unusual ride.
He politely declined, a grand gesture since that bill could have found its place onto the Meetro mantle along with the first dollar the company ever made, a tip for serving beer to passerby while lounging kegside on a couch in the Meetro driveway one weekend afternoon.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=9456   (493 words)

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