I’ve always had a rule: don’t take public transit in a Third World country. How many sinking ferries in Bangladesh, buses running off cliffs in Kuala Lumpur or train wrecks in Pakistan do you read about each year? The same goes for amusement rides. Yes, I know that technically China is the Second World, but since the fall of the Soviet Union that distinction is less important. Still, Second or Third, I wouldn’t ride this.