on the road again

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• serp2000 (4619)
• [2008-07-02 6:53]

Privet, Benny!

My congratulations to your celebration! I like shot of bus from legendary SaiGon! Best wishes from Russia,
Serghei

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• TopGeo (15066)
• [2008-07-02 7:15]

Hi Benny!
Excellent shot! Wonderful colours good frame superb idea
My congratulations to your celebration! I like this point and composition of old bus from legendary SaiGon!
Compliments
Geo

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• holmertz (5873)
• [2008-07-02 7:18]
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Hello Benny,
Yes, I know it all! I travelled with all those buses you described only last March, back in Vietnam after 13 years. But you didn't mention having to pay twice as much as the locals and being dumped 5 kilometers from the city, having to proceed with your luggage on the back of a motorbike.
The picture isn't spectacular, but it's a nice reminder that I survived this journey too - and loved it!
Have a nice time,
Gert

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• patdeph (11102)
• [2008-07-02 8:14]

hello Benny
your note is very funny,I think the buses are the same all over Asia,but I don't know if it can be worse than in India!Congratulations for this 100th post,I hope to see more! I don't know when you are leaving to Vietnam,so I wish you a nice trip!
Regards.
Pascale

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• litiancai (924)
• [2008-07-02 19:07]

Hi Benny,
The picture you paint is so true! Reminds me of Cambodia 6 months ago where it sounds exactly the same, except they don't have roads there - only dirt tracks which make you and everything you own orange in about 5 minutes! On a trip that was supposedly 5 hours from Ban Lung to Phnomn Penn our driver momentarily lost vision in a cloud of orange dust from a bus going the other way, and we went a down pothole about 0.80m deep at 60kmh! Everyone and everything inside the bus hit the ceiling hard, I had a bruise the size of a plum on my shin from it, and the bus bent it's drive shaft, which meant the journey took 13hours as the broken bus had to drive slow, and all in conditions as you describe. But we live to tell the tale, and that's what it's about!
Thanks for reminding me, and sharing your own story. Hope you have a great trip this next time!
Regards
Lee

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• ktanska (13236)
• [2008-07-02 22:52]

Hi Benny,
Wonderful shot of these buses that have seen a lot of road. Very colourful ones, full of local character. And your note tells rest of the story.
Kari

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• MarcT (16948)
• [2008-07-03 6:34]

Hi Benny,
Your Number 100 shot! A beginning, I suppose. I must admit that busses are telling stories all over the world.
Best wishes
Marc

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• SteveH (2646)
• [2008-07-03 23:36]

Hi Benny, great note, reminds me of my similar experiences in similar vehicles, you got it all. This composition works for me too, both busses sharp and giving a sense of the congestion that goes with bus station where you find this type of bus. nice one. have a good trip. Cheers, Steve

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• leo61 (35523)
• [2008-07-04 23:13]

Hi Benny !
Good shot and I love your note.
Have a nice trip and take care.
Regards,Leo

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• jhm (71185)
• [2008-07-05 0:36]

Dag Benny,

Mijn felicitaties voor uw 100ste foto on TE.
U heeft wel een bijzondere foto genomen om dit te vieren met het openbaar vervoer van Vietnam, zo te zien niet super modern en volgens uw nota evenmin comfortabel.
Dit is altijd eens goed dat dit bekeken wordt door een wersterling, zo krijgen we meer inzicht in een ander land.
Samenstelling en kleuren blijken echt te zijn en met een goede presentatie.

Prettig weekend en een prettige reis deze zomer,
John.

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• bapun1 (718)
• [2008-07-05 7:36]

Many congratulations for your 100.

The picture goes very well with the theme.

Wish you many more hundreds,

Regards,
Bishnu.

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• Morac (12390)
• [2008-07-10 13:19]

Bonsoir Benny,

Bravo pour ta 100 ième avec nous avec cette photo d'une gare routière au Vietnam : c'est vrai que ces lieux, ces situations , ce heures passées en cars sont de superbes tranches de vie, parfois fatigantes mais quels souvenirs !
Quel plaisir de repartir à chaque fois.
Bonne soirée

Marc

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• kschanna (1475)
• [2008-09-13 8:00]

Hi Benny,

excellent portrait of the bus! if I may call it that. I was reading a book recently and the writer had travelled through Afghanistan from Kabul to Herat in a bus similar to the one you describe here.

thanks for sharing

Kamran

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• JorgeCK (2755)
• [2008-10-01 8:21]

Hello Benny,
Excellent shot, good compsotion and great colors.
well done