Many people love going on a trip by plane, but an airport is usually far from the city. You have to arrive there and wait for hours for the plane to take off and it is often late. You can’t open the window, you can’t choose the food. Planes are fast, but it takes hours to get out of the airport and into the city.

I like travelling by train. I think trains are safe. Train stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way, I know it takes a little more time.

I also like cars. You can start your trip when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a station. You can carry many things with you, too, but sometimes there are many cars on the road.

Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.

More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi(马拉维). Bikes are the most popular in this African country.

Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use bikes to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular.

If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on. You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.

Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.

28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.

How do you go to school every day? By bike or on foot? You can try a new way—taking a S-Cool Bus. The S-Cool Bus is a bike bus. Thomas Tolkamp made the bike bus. It’s interesting for kids to ride the bus together to go to school.

Also, it’s very safe. The bike bus has a driver and eleven chairs for kids. There is also a roof on the bus. It makes kids comfortable on hot days or rainy days.

Riding the bike bus is a great way for children to get to school. Kids can learn about the streets and the city very well. For most parents, it can help them save a lot of time, because they only have to drive their children home after school.

The S-Cool Bus is getting more and more popular in some countries like Germany and France. Thomas Tolkamp said, “I hope people in more countries can use the bike bus. If so, we can save the earth in many ways.”