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Colored bus


Colored bus
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Copyright: Matthieu DH (matt_moi) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 37 W: 4 N: 67] (312)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-28
Categories: Transportation
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC H1
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/215 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Bolivie 2007
Date Submitted: 2008-02-01 1:47
Viewed: 1043
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
In all the cities of Bolivia, you can take the bus for only 1 or 1,50 boliviano.
Even if they are often very old, they are very pretty too, decorated and colored.

Here this photo is taken form another bus on the principal road of Cochabamba.


Note about the place :
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Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the third largest city in Bolivia with a metropolitan population of more than 900,000 people. The name derives from a compound of the Quechua words qhocha, or lake, and pampa, or open plain. Residents of the city and surrounding areas are commonly referred to as Cochabambinos. Cochabamba is known as the "City of Eternal Spring" and "The Garden City" due to its spring-like temperatures year round.

Currently, Cochabamba is an economically active city and tends to be one of the more socially liberal locations in the nation. Like other large cities in the Andes, Cochabamba is a city of contrasts. Its downtown core, around areas such as Plaza Colón or Plaza 14 de Septiembre, is generally quite modern. There are bright lights, bustling streets, and countless automobiles and internet cafes. It is in these locations where the majority of the city's business and commercial industries are found. An active nightlife is centred around Calle España(Spain Street) and also along a broad tree-lined boulevard called El Prado. As one moves further out from the city centre, however, the communities become less technologically advanced. Cochabamba's outlying neighborhoods often find themselves with higher crime rates and lacking electricity, indoor plumbing, and paved streets. An extreme example of this is the area immediately south of the airport where half built adobe homes lie on unpaved dirt streets - which is often the first impression visitors get when flying into the city.

The most widely spoken language in the city of Cochabamba is Spanish (or Castellano a language from the north of Spain, as usually referred to by locals). Although the Spanish that is spoken in the Cochabamba region is generally regarded as rather conservative in its vocabulary, some Quechua and Aymara words have been incorporated into everyday use due to large migration of Aymara peasants into the city.

As with most cities around the globe, the English language is increasingly spoken and understood, particularly among business executives and westernized Cochabambinos. English-language instruction has become incorporated into various levels of Bolivian education from elementary to college-level.

The city's racial demographics consist of the following visible groups in order of prevalence: western hemispheric Indigenous (mainly of Quechua ethnicity), Mestizo, Castizo, and Caucasoid.

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Bonjour, cher Matthieu,
C'est vrai que le bus ne manque pas de couleurs, il y a de la gaieté dans cette composition.
Excellente note très richement documentée.
Excellent cadrage.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Bonsoir Matthieu,

Celui-là, on risque pas de ne pas le voir venir. Il est pétant tout comme ton cadre. Dommage que la pollution ne laisse pas derrière le bus un ciel un peu plus bleu...

Bonne soirée

Je constate que rien n'a changé dans ce coin de la planète. Lorsque j'ai connu Cochabamba(il y a plus de 40 ans), c'était une petite ville pas très animée sauf au plan politique. Ses habitants ont toujours été des têtes fortes et plutôt opposés au pouvoir central qui on le sait était au service d'une petite oligarchie. Morales leur donne un nouvel espoir. Merci pour toutes tes photos de la Bolivie. Je n'y suis pas encore retourné.

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