I posted a couple of pictures to Flickr of, yes, buses in Bangkok when I visited in 1986/87 at the ripe old age of 31.
and
To me it isn’t that long ago but it seems like ancient history. I’d like to find the intersection and take a similar picture in 2009. My impression is that traffic is heavier now but air pollution is far less. I don’t feel dirty and have a huge headache whenever I go out any more.
I scanned all my photographs in about 2002 so I have them all on my Seagate USB drive, indexed with Thumbs Plus. In those days film was expensive to me so I didn’t take as many vehicle photos as I would have liked. I made a 36 exposure roll last a couple of days when on holiday. Today I don’t think twice about taking 200 pictures in an afternoon. I think my record is over 600.
The Hino buses have gone but I don’t think they are very different from
the current Hino AKs.
I am interested in the fact that the fleet number of one bus starts 10-. That’s the zone, or garage allocation. Now all BMTA buses are numbered 1- to 8-, so 10- must be a zone that has since closed. I hope to find out from my Flickr friends.
September 7, 2009 at 11:39 pm |
A Flickr friend took a picture from the same spot and posted it at http://img188.imageshack.us/i/dsc05202b.jpg/. The location on Google Maps is http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=13.750544,100.54111&z=17&t=h&hl=en
The intersection looks much the same, but just up the road the Central World complex has replaced the older shops. Actually before it was Central World I think it was called the World Trade Centre.
September 21, 2009 at 11:16 am |
I posted a similar shot to the top one at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfuller/3939342791/
September 21, 2009 at 11:50 am |
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