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 Pulling waterproof pants and a waterproof jacket over his suit, 29 year old Ricardo Assis Rosa, a trainee architect, starts his morning commute. Sick and tired of rush-hour traffic, Rosa decided to bypass it all and climb in his canoe.
At a top speed of two miles per hour, Rosa claims it's still worth it to get around the fumes and congestion. His commute to work takes him only 35 minutes and his only obstacles are swans, which he placates with morsels of bread.
"Canoeing takes longer than going by car, but it is a lot more pleasant," Rosa told the Daily Mail. "I find the fumes and the noise and traffic can put me in a bad mood all day, but after a gentle canoe into work I feel really relaxed and full of energy."
Upon arriving at work, Rosa simply chains his canoe to the bike rack. He started to canoe after after a coworker lent him a canoe and Rosa looked up directions for using it on the internet. "At the beginning," he says, "I was a bit wobbly because I had never canoed before. But I'm getting much better. It's been very windy and rainy recently and I've been alright. It makes the trip more exciting."
"I haven't capsized yet," he says, "but I'm sure I'll go in one day and have to sit in my soaking work clothes all day. Standing up to get in and out is the most dangerous point."
Rosa enjoys canoeing so much that he says he won't go back to taking the bus or biking to work.
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