Vehicles

Vehicles of France

10/03/2019

by Rossanne with No Comment Lyon Vannes Vehicles

Rentable bikes were very popular and police officers would wave as they drove past if they saw Lui pointing at them.

Vehicles of Bavaria

01/03/2019

by Rossanne with No Comment Bavaria Germany Vehicles

Vehicles we spotted in Bavaria on our family sabbatical.

Vehicles in Costa Rica

07/02/2019

by Rossanne with No Comment Costa Rica Vehicles

Vehicles we saw on our family sabbatical in Costa Rica

Vehicles in Caye Caulker

21/01/2019

by Rossanne with No Comment Caye Caulker Vehicles

There are very few vehicles on the island of Caye Caulker but there are a lot of boats

Rural Mexico has a lot of old Volkswagen Beetles

Vehicles in San Cristobal

08/12/2018

by Ajay with One Comment Chiapas Vehicles

Police Vehicles

We have seen many police Utes, police motorbikes and police cars. They are the same as what we saw in Isla Mujeres and Cancun. But one thing we have seen here in San Cristobal are police bicycles. The streets can be very narrow and there are three main pedestrian streets where it is much easier for police to patrol using a bike rather than a motorised vehicle. And we did see one pink police car.

Rescue Vehicles

The ambulances seem to vary in colour and we have not yet seen a fire truck.

Trucks

When there is a festival, people decorate their trucks. For the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe there were many big and small trucks that had Her picture with flowers on the sides, front and back of the truck.

There are many armoured trucks manned by men carrying guns.

We also saw their rubbish trucks which do not have automatic bin emptiers, they need people to empty the bins into them.

Tourist Buses

There are lots of different tourist buses here in San Cristobal because there are lots of tourists here 🙂

Motorbikes

Many people use motorbikes to travel. Here are some of the interesting varieties we saw.

Volkswagon Beetle

In New Zealand it’s more commonly known as the VDub but here it’s a common form of transport. There used to be a VW plant that produced the beetle so there are many still floating around.

Other Vehicles

We don’t see many construction vehicles here. A lot of construction sites have people doing the labour instead of engines. We have seen a few floats as part of a parade though.

Vehicles in Isla Mujeres

11/11/2018

by Rossanne with No Comment Isla Mujeres Vehicles

Rescue Vehicles

Being a small island community there was not much need for rescue vehicles but we still managed to find some. Two blocks from where we were staying was a police station so we saw Policia vehicles every time we went to the supermarket.

Delivery Vehicles

We were staying next door to a dairy (convenience store) and every day there were delivery trucks parked outside our place. Some of the drivers used to blast Mexican music which is how we knew they were there. The delivery trucks were relatively small on Isla Mujeres. There were many three wheeler bicycles and motorbikes that would go around the neighbourhood selling stuff. They would blow a horn or call out to let people know they were nearby.

Taxis & Other Vehicles

Because there are no buses on the island we caught taxis to places that were far away. All the taxis are red and you can hail them as they drive past. Lots of people would share taxis if they were going in the same direction. We couldn’t because there is six of us.

The rubbish trucks came every day and were much smaller than what you would see in a big city.

The golf carts were common for getting around but some people hired cool looking quad carts.

Boats and Ferries

The best way to the island is by ferry. There were many ferries that ran every day from the mainland to Isla Mujeres including car ferries. There were also lots of boats that tourists would take to check out beaches or snorkelling areas. We took a little 12 person boat to go snorkelling along the west coast of the island. There was Navy base on the island so often Naval ships were parked close to the ferry building in the Navy docks.

Helicopter

Isla Mujeres is so small it doesn’t have an airport and the air traffic control tower for the runway is only two stories high. We didn’t see any planes on the runway whenever we drove past. But! On our last morning there we spotted this helicopter with two soldiers sleeping underneath.

Our Glimpse of Vehicles Around The World

Vehicles in Cuba

01/11/2018

by Rossanne with No Comment Cuba Vehicles

This bull dozer was parked outside our place every night. Nearly every day we had to stop and take photos because these two little ones wanted to pose in front of it.

Vintage Cars

Cuba is famous for it’s beautifully painted cars from the 1950’s and they are impressive. It was hard not to take photos of these cars. Some are super well maintained and some are run down. Whatever the condition we did not get tired of looking at them.

Buses for locals

These were the typical buses that locals used. Some were in good condition. Most were no. This one up above was crammed full just seconds before I took this photo. These buses are not supposed to be used by tourists, and personally I wouldn’t want to use them. They get jammed fuller than sardines in a tin!

The bus below is for tourists. We didn’t catch any buses. Everything was close enough to walk or cheap enough to catch a taxi.

Three Wheelers

Some taxis are three-wheelers. Some are new and some are simply bicycles

Some other vehicles: a yellow school bus, a white dump truck and a red dump truck. I only saw one fire truck at night. The fire truck had many fire officers squeezed in.

Our Glimpse of Vehicles Around The World

Vehicles in New Orleans

22/10/2018

by Rossanne with No Comment New Orleans Vehicles

Trams

New Orleans city has “street cars” or trams for easy public transport. We took this one back to our Airbnb from down town.

Rescue Vehicles

We saw many Police cars like the white one here and we stopped outside a fire station where they were selling t-shirts to raise money for breast cancer charities.

Boats

New Orleans is on the Mississippi River, the biggest river in America. There lots of boats to see including the famous water wheel boat.

When we went for a swamp tour we saw more boats. The big one is the boat we rode to look for alligators.

Rubbish Trucks

Two rubbish trucks we saw in New Orleans, one in the French Quarter and one on Canal St

Horse and Carriage

In the French Quarter of New Orleans by Jackson Square, you can get a ride in a carriage pulled by a horse

Our Glimpse of Vehicles Around The World

Zombie paint ball bus at the Staheli Family Farm

Vehicles in Arizona & Utah

17/10/2018

by Rossanne with No Comment Arizona - Utah - Nevada Vehicles

Rented this massive car

Hired this massive American car from Las Vegas and drove it to Antelope Canyon as well as Zion National Park. The two little ones loved the DVD player where they could watch Paw Patrol. The boot was massive and could comfortably fit all our luggage.

Driving was smooth and it had a lot of power. Only one incident where I was driving on the left side of the road! Fortunately my 14yo (sitting in the middle row) reminded me and it was a quiet country road.

Other vehicles of Utah & Arizona

We were fortunate enough to see this ambulance and fire truck pull up in the carpark where we were ordering Mexican food in the small town of Page which is the closest town to Antelope Canyon

This MedicWest ambulance is a reminder of the lack of free health care here. It’s a private ambulance so has the colours of it’s company. The long petrol tanker has a trailer and was leaving the carpark where we found the MedicWest ambulance.

We visited the Staheli Family Farm, famous for it’s Halloween zombie night runs. We saw tractors and rode a trailer being pulled by a tractor. We also saw it’s famous Zombie paint ball bus.