Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Panama Publics: Too Cool for School


Public Bus in Panama City: Very Cool Recycled School Bus
The public buses on the streets of Panama City are recycled school buses which used to chug along suburban streets in the United States some thirty years ago. Plain yellow has been traded up for brilliantly multicolored designs of birds, flowers, sexy women, Carlos’s name…whatever…  The city is phasing them out, slowly replacing the old school rattlers with sleek air conditioned coaches with sun-glazed windows.  In the meantime, the city buses are shots of brightness, sometimes even trimmed with flashing disco lights at night. 


Carlos
Lady on the Hood

Words on the Window

... and I wish I had gotten a photo at night, when purple flashing lights pulsate the perimeters