Taxis

...jeeez she's a small taxi Rodders!.....keep 'em cummin' mate

I have just placed this with horses (and other animals), but these pedicabs warrant a place here too.

This was a magic day on my first trip to Myanmar: all day on a fast ferry (water-jet propulsion) from Mandalay to Pagan on Ayarwaddy River. Downstairs was for local travel; upstairs was for tourists (wicker chairs, potted palms, snacks/meals and a bar). Here is a typical stop: we just pulled in at the riverbank, and were met by bullock carts and pedicabs. I have been back, and done an extended voyage during lower water.

Roderick B Smith
retired editor

870924Th Mandalay - Pagan (Ayerwaddy River, Myanmar). R Smith.

I made this for two other groups, so sharing here spreads the benefits. It is 1989: older than 25, but not yet 35. I am placing with modern buses and with taxis. I can't identify any vehicle, but I doubt that Pakistan would be buying Tata from India. An earlier photo showed an Isuzu.
This is a small crop from a slide taken in low light. This portion of the street is closed every night. Urban buses park up, and drivers sleep in open air folding wooden bunks, set out by a bedwallah, also supplying bedding. He supplies a service; they get a bed at a cheaper rate than renting a flat. Food is bought from vendors, and ablutions are at kerbside pumps.

Roderick B Smith
retired editor

890122Su Karachi (Pakistan): Bus camp. (R Smith)

Luang Prabeng has a world-heritage listing. It is alongside Mekong River, a few hundred kilometres upstream from Vientiane. It is quite touristy. I had arrived by riverboat, on a 2 day voyage from further upriver. This large three-wheel taxi managed to fit ten passengers and luggage (much on the roof), but then some were offloaded to simplify the moves to different hotels.
150722W Luang Prabang (Laos): Large three-wheel taxi. (Roderick Smith)

Roderick

Thanks, Roderick,
Your input is much appreciated, Power cable configuration is interesting !!!!
Bob.

Bourke St at Queen St (Melbourne, Vic.): Wheelchair taxi. Tues.7.10.03. (Jeff Bounds)
Were these converted from saloons (lengthened) or from wagons? What was the nature of the work needed?

Roderick

This was rather an expensive mistake on my part: a bus link was available via a suburban station, and I still missed the late-morning sailing to Denmark, and was on the early-afternoon one.
151016F Rostock (Germany): Mercedes taxi. R Smith.

Roderick

131114Th Elizabeth St at Macquarie St (Hobart, Tas., GPO): Nostalgic Kodak sign, buses and a Toyota Prius taxi. (Jeff Bounds).

Roderick

760103Sa Valencia (Spain): Four taxis lhs. R Smith.
I suspect that the four are Seat 1500s (based on the Seat-Fiat collaboration). I have also been on a Seat taxi in Switzerland: cross-country on ice at 100 km/h on studded tyres, on a surface on which I wouldn't exceed 30 km/h with chains when heading to Australia's snowfields.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAT , with links to most models.
You get the rhs private vehicles too, as the one print was prepared for three groups.

Roderick

151010Sa Sarajevo (Bosnia): BMW taxi. (Roderick Smith)
Roderick