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Driving to the Airport

Here is a quick video on my fun trip back from Tianjin to Beijing...we are attempting to turn left onto a busy road...instead of waiting our turn, we just face them head on and inch our way into our lane!

from YouTube on Tue, Mar 25 2008

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