A-Z Blogging Challenge 2025 - O is for Orange and Omnibuses

As I travel the world I take many photos that pique my interest, these could be lumped into a "peculiar category" ie. they are peculiar to my interests and may be different from what one usually sees in a collection of travel photos.

For the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge in 2025 my theme is Peculiar Pics. During April I invite you to join me for an online tour of Peculiar Pics from my digital albums. These will be sourced from my travels between April 2024 to March 2025.

Although I don't often wear Orange or decorate my home with it I am drawn to this bright and vibrant colour when I am out taking pictures.

Tug - Regents Canal - London, England

A New Office Tower? - London, England

Cowes, Isle of Wight, England

Safety First - Dartmouth, Devon, England

A Light Lunch - Coleton Fishacre, Devon, England

It's Hallowe'en - Seven Seas Explorer

Hallowe'en 2

Light Rail - Budapest, Hungary

Brewery fence - Osaka, Japan

Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine - Osaka, Japan 

On sale - Osaka, Japan

Tangier, Morocco

Love them or Hate them we sometimes need Omnibuses (buses) to tour and get around when in foreign places. While I prefer small minibuses sometimes we have to take what we are given and ride on large tourist coaches. I am grateful that the cruise company we use doesn't overfill these vehicles so we usually travel in comfort.

Tangier, Morocco

I love Hoponn-Hopoff buses for orientation in a new city. 
We ususally buy a two-day pass.
Lisbon, Portugal

These 4WD Minicoaches from Outback Spirit are well appointed but the ride
can be rough on unsealed roads - Arnhem Land, Australia

Coffee Break in the middle of nowhere - Arnhem Land, Australia

A Topless Ride - Messina, Sicily

Happy travellers after the Strauss Concert - Vienna, Austria

Osaka, Japan

All aboard for the Balenciaga Museum in Spain from St Jean-de-Luz, France

Patiently waiting for us - Gozo, Malta

Spotted across the river - Near Kinderdijk, Netherlands

And off we go

 After a comfortable night and welcome dinner at  Shangri-La The Marina, Cairns. we set off  off on our outback adventure this morning.

Here I am boarding our 4WD bus/truck

 This is the route we'll be following from Cairns to Darwin.

Itinerary for our trip

The Winibus

Loved the play on words on this sign at Chartwell, home of Winston Churchill, that we visited in July 2018.

Windows on the World - N is for Not Many in Nuuk

This month I am participating in the A-Z Blogging Challenge where I will endeavour to post on this blog each day. I will be sharing photos of Windows that I have photographed on my travels and highlighting from A-Z the places where I found these Windows on the World.

Last year our cruise ship called at a few ports in Greenland including the capital, Nuuk. I had expected to find a bunch of igloos or tents made out of skins but found a modern city with many new multi-storey buildings most of which appeared to be pre-fabricated. There was a sameness in the many windows we saw in Nuuk.

I'd love to have had a translation of the sign on our tour bus window

Interesting angles on a modern house

I hope all those windows are double-glazed

Looks like a gallery

Multi-coloured window surrounds on the newer apartment blocks

One of the best...

....shows I have ever seen is The Book of Mormon. Mr GeniAus and I saw it again in London this week.

This ad on a London bus sums up my thoughts.

Safe Travel

I liked this message on the side of our tour bus in Cyprus.

Parched

 

Bowels of the Bus

On the buses