Taken from my window at the Hotel Meteor, Shtoj e ri (just northeast of Shkoder), Albania. I had gone to visit some friends who had been running an archeological project close by for the last couple of years. I noticed from my balcony quite a variety of vehicles. This one is sort of a small motorcycle with the front wheel replaced by a wagon.
This blue tricycle vehicle is known in the vernacular as a "dum-dum" because of the way the two-cycle engine sounds. They are pretty handy, though. There are three-wheel and four-wheel versions, and usually the bed will dump to either side, making them very versatile in narrow roadways. The term "narrow roadway" probably encompasses about 90% of urban roads.
Dum-dum going north, two vans and a tractor coming south. Dedicated lanes of travel are mostly an academic concept.
Horses and donkeys are still common in rural areas, but the wagons are much advanced.
I like this mode; you can ride a bike but you don't have to pedal.
My balcony at the hotel. I wasn't quite sure whether this was temporary wiring or permanent. All these pictures were taken June 3, 2012.
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