6.2.11

Dodge Bus

This is one of the coolest buses I've ever seen. When I happened to walk past it, the bold colors, stars, hood ornament, even the horn on the hood convinced me to pull out my camera.

This bus was parked in a line of at least a half dozen others. Some of them were just as ornate, decorated just as well. Their drivers must love them a lot.

Inside one bus, I noticed this collection of stuff dangling from the roof.  I love the fringed, tassled bunting.

You can't see it very well, but there's a card collection in the middle of the mirror above the windshield--the cards all depict Christian saints and martyrs.  The driver put them there to protect the bus no doubt. Maybe the whole collection, plushies and all, is there to woo fortune's favor.

8 comments:

  1. Nice paint job, not sure you would ever see anything quite like this here in England. But I guess fate and fortune could always do with a little help.

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  2. Looks like it's about 40 years old at least... but well maintained. Nice find, the decorations are fun, I like the swan... and the notion of religious protection. They need it there, the roads are full of maniacs. Funny, it was very similar in Haiti; elaborately decorated forms of transport, often with religious motifs...

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  3. Great fun, and I love the why you describe the buses and drivers.

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  4. Like no bus in which I've ever riden!

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  5. What fun! These drivers must feel a great deal of affection toward their buses.

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  6. This looks a bit Filipino ...

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