At the end of WWII, with public transport virtually nonexistent, the U.S. Army released surplus jeeps, and enterprising Filipinos converted them into passenger vehicles called Jeepney by lengthening the bodies. Garishly colored jeepneys are as essential and ubiquitous in the Philippines as double-decker buses are in London. The jeepney gets you everywhere you […]
via Jeepney – A symbol of Filipino Ingenuity — Subli.
Cool.
Thanks for the reblog. I do appreciate it very much.
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You are welcome. Learned something new and cool. It’s interesting to see how people can take something and re-purpose it in new ways.
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That’s quite creative with the “jeepneys”!
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Yes it was. One of the bloggers I follow is from there, but believe she lives in the U. S. now.
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I see
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