Saved US$6: 2 men in China ride water bike for 6 hours on open ocean without life jackets to avoid ferry fare, causing alarm
- Two men who crossed the open ocean between Guangdong and Hainan with no life jackets cause alarm on social media
- The men say they travel around China for philanthropic work, which leaves little spare money for things like ferry tickets
Two men in southern China were so desperate to save a few dollars they spent six hours riding a water bike across the open ocean without life jackets to avoid paying 41.5 yuan (US$6) each for the ferry crossing.
The men — one identified as Brother Stone on social media and a friend surnamed Zhou — rode the water bike from Xuwen in Guangdong province across the Qiongzhou Strait to Haikou on Hainan Island on December 31, Star Video reported.
They said they wanted to save money by not paying for the ferry and to challenge themselves physically to celebrate the approaching new year.
The crossing between Xuwen and Haikou takes one hour on the ferry.
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Chinese men ride water bike for 6 hours to save ferry fare
The two are from central China’s Henan province and often work together doing philanthropy in rural areas across the country, which leaves them with little spare money, Brother Stone said.
“We really don’t have money to buy ferry tickets,” he said.
