![Shiny blue motorbike](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/001-feature-0298-Harley_Roswell.jpg?resize=1140%2C775&ssl=1)
Gallery: the wheel turns and turns
The wheel turns and turns and turns: it never stops and stands still
Anita Desai
Wherever Iβve been in the world I have of course found wheels. Simple cart wheels, bicycles and motorcycles, and of course cars; most of us rely on wheels to get around.
So for Debbieβs One Word Sunday this week, here very simply is a gallery of photos taken all over the world, from the US and Colombia in the west, via European and African countries, to India and on to North Korea in the east. Maybe wheels are yet another example of the many things that unify us, despite our cultural differences?
![Woman siting on a plastic chair next to a bicycle propped against the wall](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/11-048-P1040232-Cartagena.jpg?resize=960%2C720&ssl=1)
On the streets of Cartagena’s old town, Colombia
![Young girl standing by a bicycle and man crouched next to it](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/7-DPRK-20-P1200151-On-the-streets-of-Kaesong.jpg?resize=960%2C709&ssl=1)
Father and daughter plus bike in Kaesong, North Korea
![Man seated on the ground and another on a stool by a parked bike](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/25-Marrakech-Sept-2016-Jemaa-el-Fnaa.jpg?resize=960%2C610&ssl=1)
Trolley wheel and bicycle wheels in the Jemaa el Fnaa, Marrakesh
![Bicycle being ridden while piled high with straw baskets](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/India-20-Delhi.jpg?resize=960%2C786&ssl=1)
You can just make out the bicycle wheels and rider beneath this pile of baskets on a road near Delhi!
![Bicycle leaning against a railing with lots of posters](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/P1010921-Cambridge.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
Bicycle parked in the university town of Cambridge, England
At a scarecrow festival in Yorkshire, England
![Scarecrow figure on a bicycle with model of ET in the front basket](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/41-Scarecrows-03.jpg?resize=752%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Pink moped parked by a large garage door](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/058-Detail-04.jpg?resize=689%2C1024&ssl=1)
A scooter in Gubbio, Italy
![Motorbike parked outside a coffee shop](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/NYC-165-Greenwich.jpg?resize=960%2C781&ssl=1)
Outside a coffeeshop in Greenwich Village, NYC
![Lady in a sari walking past a row of parked tuk-tuks](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sadri-14.jpg?resize=960%2C662&ssl=1)
Tuk-tuks in Sadri, Rajasthan
![Red fire truck and stormy sky](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0244a-Elizabethtown-1024x817.jpg?resize=960%2C766&ssl=1)
An old fire truck in Elizabethtown, New Mexico
![Steering wheel and dashboard of an old car](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0287-Rte_66.jpg?resize=960%2C720&ssl=1)
Steering wheels are wheels too; in the Route 66 museum in Santa Rosa, New Mexico
[see more photos from that museum here]
![Pile of tyres wrapped in yellow plastic and an old office chair](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/266-Oman-Photo-18-02-2019-08-49-02-Salalah.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
Tyres at a car workshop in Salalah, Oman
In the Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid, Marrakesh
![Man with a horse and cart on a narrow street](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/112-Marrakech-Sept-2016-Rue-Riad-Zitoun-el-Jdid.jpg?resize=693%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Man and boy on a cart pulled by a large horse](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sibiu-00104.jpg?resize=960%2C809&ssl=1)
In a rural village near Sibiu, Romania
![A couple on a cart pulled by a horse](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ngueniene-31-Photo-10-02-2016-12-31-02.jpg?resize=960%2C723&ssl=1)
Travelling to the market in Ngueniene, Senegal
![Three people in a cart pulled by two horses](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Namibia-34-005-on-the-road-S.jpg?resize=960%2C764&ssl=1)
On a road somewhere in the Namib Desert, Namibia
![Wooden cart on a cobbled lane](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/41-Plovdiv-Photo-31-05-2019-08-19-35.jpg?resize=960%2C720&ssl=1)
Farm cart in Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria
![Row of old wagons in front of log cabins](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/S-289.jpg?resize=960%2C636&ssl=1)
A line of old wagons in Old Trail Town, Cody, Wyoming
![Single storey houses in bright colours](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/001-feature-12-047-P1040372-Cartagena-Getsemani.jpg?resize=75%2C75&ssl=1)
![Monkey looking down from a branch](https://i0.wp.com/www.toonsarah-travels.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/001-feature-15-007-P1040622-Tayrona-NP-White-Fronted-Capuchin-Monkey.jpg?resize=75%2C75&ssl=1)
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Wind Kisses
Creative, unique, fun, totally you. Always a blog to love. Can you imagine carrying all those baskets while on a bike? Good grief. I admitβ¦ Iβd try itβ¦ once. Lol
Sarah Wilkie
Aw, thanks so much Donna π I can’t even stay upright on a bike while carrying nothing at all, so no, I can’t begin to imagine trying this!!
Wind Kisses
Hahaha. Itβs amazing. Things we take for granted in OUR workday.
bluebrightly
All I can say is, wow! This is a testament to the traveling life! Wonderful variety!
Sarah Wilkie
Aw thank you π I do have quite an archive to draw on!
wetanddustyroads
Oh my, that bike in Delhi β¦ I would be on the ground more than on the bike! And love the photo of the scooter in Italy!
Sarah Wilkie
I couldn’t even GET on that bike π€£ Glad you like the scooter shot, it’s a favourite of mine (I love the colour!)
Teresa
Amazing collection, Sarah. Thanks for sharing!
Sarah Wilkie
Thank you Teresa π
Amy
What a great gallery, Sarah! Thank you for combining the wheels from different parts of the world for us to enjoy. Very interesting!
Sarah Wilkie
Thank you Amy, I’m so pleased you liked it π
Rose
Wow those baskets on wheels in Delhi!
Sarah Wilkie
I know – looks impossible doesn’t it but I can assure you the bike was moving!
equinoxio21
Compliments. have you ever thought of doing/publishing a photograph book?
Sarah Wilkie
Only for our own enjoyment and records, although I once sent one to the hosts of a B&B we stayed in (in Jamaica) so they could share the images with future guests – I have no idea if they did so!
grandmisadventures
Incredible mix of pictures of transportation! π
Sarah Wilkie
Thank you so much π
Mike and Kellye Hefner
Look how you “wheeled” right into a great blog post, Sarah! I always enjoy your photos so much.
Sarah Wilkie
Haha, great pun! I’m really happy that you enjoy my photos π
Aletta - nowathome
Great variety of wheels you got here!
Sarah Wilkie
Thank you Aletta π
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Sue
Excellent gallery, Sarah! That Delhi one is something else, and I have plenty like your Romania one
Sarah Wilkie
Thank you Sue π Yes, I imagine anyone who’s been to Romania will have seen similar sights – quite surprising in a European country perhaps.
margaret21
In a gallery of great shots, that Delhi bike is something else! I bet s/he wasn’t wearing a cycle helmet!
Sarah Wilkie
Of course not! It was an amazing sight and I had to capture it, although through the windscreen of a car it wasn’t the best shot ever. I wish I could have seen him (probably) from the front too!
margaret21
So do I. How DO they do it? Years of practice carrying goods on the head, I suppose.
carylbeach
wow very well travelled wheels! amazing.
Sarah Wilkie
Thanks so much Caryl – I do get around a bit, yes!
Graham Stephen
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thehungrytravellers.blog
Good one to end on..,,wheels on wagonsβ¦
Sarah Wilkie
Thank Phil, that’s a favourite of mine. I could have gone on and on with this theme but I had to stop somewhere!
Anne Sandler
Wonderful wheels Sarah. After a month away, it’s great to see your blog again. And, I think I’ll happily leave the traveling to you, especially the long plane rides!
Sarah Wilkie
Thank you Anne, and welcome back π The long flights aren’t especially enjoyable but a small price to pay to be able to visit such wonderful places!