Palawan, Philippines, May 2016.
Jeepneys are the local bus equivalent between cities, towns, villages and settlements. Colorful, aerated (no windows) and a beast of burden for supplies needed. At times with impossible loads…
For those living in a Western world where health and safety are a priority, it seems inconceivable that such potentially dangerous loads head off out onto the road. But, that’s just the way it is, Against the Odds…
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Brilliant pictures – is a wonder they can move at all under such loads! I can here H&S Officers across the UK fainting…. 🙂
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Brilliant pictures – is a wonder they can move at all under such loads! I can hear H&S Officers across the UK fainting…. 🙂
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Thanks, appreciate your comment and yes, the west doesn’t do Jeepney loads!
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Beautiful shots!
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Thank you, appreciate your comment!
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Great set of photos Vicky
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Thanks, Adrian, you couldn’t miss shooting these amazing vehicles…
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We too have local alternative in villages called juggad.ever heard?
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No Arv, I haven’t…share with me 🙂
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I don’t think i have pictures to share because I clicked it in 2007-08 and somehow the entire set of pictures have disappeared. It was my first digital camera 🙂
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I miss the way we traveled back home. It was such an expedition and more memorable than the way we travel in the western world.
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OMG!! I’m always gobsmacked when I see photos like this – especially the 2nd one where you’re just waiting for the whole thing to collapse!
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I can’t figure out a better take on this week’s photo challenge, well done! Have you been in such a… thing? 😀
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Hi Samuel, yes, a little ride in a similar vehicle in Thailand. Luckily your view is limited!
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Quite a shift from the western culture, one person commuting in an empty car method.
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Hi Dave, yes, makes sense for village transport, the Jeepney seems to be the beast of all loads!
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Very different from our way of life. Thank you for sharing the photos. Seeing is believing.
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OMG!!! Great respone to the challenge! 🙂
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Interesting how I would have no qualms at all about getting on a dangerously overloaded bus in Nepal or India, but wouldn’t dream of doing so in the west!
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We have a list of things that you are not allowed to do on a bus, I can’t imagine they have even thought of the word ‘list’.
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Brilliant! It reminds me of similar scenes in India.
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These are great interpretations for this week’s theme!!
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So true 🙂 a jeepney is very strong indeed it can carry loads against all odds!
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