Wings & Four-Wheel Fail

"Red Bull Gives You Wings, But Alcohol Gives Four-Wheel Power" Well... we only see big fail. Veriora, South-Estonia, 15. 08. 2015. Photo by Aapo Ilves.

Ikarus Bus

Established in 1895 in Budapest, Hungary, the Ikarus bus company has produced many great public transportation vehicles. Saying many I mean several millions, as Ikarus busses ran everywhere in Soviet Union and Warsaw Block countries, including Soviet Estonia.

Without any "ostalgie", I admit that for me the yellow city Ikarus city busses still seem to be more comfortable than the modern Scanias and whatever is used in Europe. Especially when the bus is crowded, you can reach a handle to grab when standing up. And an old Ikarus has one level floor, the modern city busses tend to be higher in the back and have uncomfortable steps to climb.

Well, I haven't seen a live Ikarus city bus for year but a few days ago I spotted a fully restored Ikarus inter-city by the Tallinn bus station. Good people of Estonian Bus History Society have done a great job restoring it. Beautiful!

By the way, who ever did design yet another anachy symbol inspired Soviet period logo? I mean the Tallinn AP (Autobussipark).

Photos by Vahur Afanasjev, April 2014, Tallinn

Weird and Beautiful Ice Vehicles

"Karakat" or "karakatitsa" is a self made vehicle for on-ice fishing. The huge tires (often the inner tyres of large airplanes) make the karakat unsinkable, so one can go winter fishing even if ice conditions are tricky. Each year a Karakatitsa Festival is held in Kallaste.

Karaktitsa is not the only option - some use custom made hovercrafts.

Photos of the Karakatitsa Festival by Vahur Afanasjev, 22 February 2014 in Kallaste, by the Lake Peipsi (Peipus), in the area mostly inhabited by Russian speaking Old Believers who fled to Estonia from repressions in Czarist Russian in 16.-17. century.

Sauna in the city

Hot sauna, hot men, cool relaxing Volvo.

Location: New World (Uus Maailm) arrondissement in Tallinn, Estonia.

Source:
http://www.facebook.com/kapsad

Armenian style 4

Parking.

Photo by Vahur Afanasjev. Yerevan. 24.10.11

Armenian Style 1

Mercedes Bear Truck in Jermuk, Armenia. Photo by Vahur Afanasjev, October 2011.

Tree on the backseat

Photo by Mare Sabolotny, May 2011, Noarootsi

Hollywood

Hollywood is here. Photo by Vahur Afanasjev, May 2011

Car Dig

In Estonia we don't buy cars - we just dig them out from the snow. I found an American and it seems Mare has still some digging to do to get a French one. Photo by Vahur Afanasjev, 28 November 2010, Tallinn

We Like Fine German Cars

Photo by Mare Sabolotny. 27.09.10 in Tallinn University's parking lot.

Wild Wild East - Don't Trust a Soul

"I bet this car is worth at least five kilos of tuna in the black market."

Photo by Mare Sabolotny. 14.06.10 at Mustakurmu.

Taxi, please

"6 minutes, a navy Mercedes."
"Mm, a Mercedes..."

Photo by Mare Sabolotny, 5th of April 2010 in Tallinn.

555 Honest

Photo by Mare Sabolotny in Tallinn, 3.12.09.

Artistic Parking

Photo by Mare Sabolotny. Winter 2007 in Tallinn.

Anti-Estonian Style

Not when you're from a country where the car is a part of the family. And when it happens then you climb under it and cry.
8.11.09 by Mare Sabolotny. A gas station twenty kilometres before Liège in Belgium.

Estonski Volvo

Tartu, 2009