This blog entry has to be for the train spotters amongst you!!! This is the king of the road. A soviet period trolley bus. How they are still working is a miracle. But you have to love them. No. 2 runs the length of Peace Avenue and cost 100 Tugrug, about 5p, per your journey. These beauties are going to get a blog entry on there own. Love them.
Next in the pecking order is the diesel bus. Some are quite old but newer buses are appearing on the streets.
The Micro bus. They are registered and licensed but are privately run by individuals, usually a family. These are the scamps of the road. They charge around all over the place….literally. The cost is 300 T (15p) per journey. The passengers are recruited by a caller who hangs out of a window shouting the bus’s destination. They creat chaos at bus stops. These busses also do out of city journeys of up to 12 hours. It is quite a challenge to count how many passengers can inhabit one bus. But I will keep trying!!
The registered City Taxi. Like all taxi’s, in any city, in any country. Any private car can become and instant taxi. Stand at the side of the road and put your arm out. Within seconds you will get a ride. But beware. Cars are driven as if they are horses. Anything goes as long as you can make it work. Two way roads can become short term one-way systems….if the enough drivers think that is the way it should be. Junctions with working traffic lights still need to be policed by the traffic cops. And of course, pedestrians do not appear on the drivers’ radar. It is a battle of wits. Crossing the road becomes a physiological confrontation between driver and pedestrian. Enough pedestrians working as a team can face down a car……..but NOT a microbus!!!!
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