Someone Is Going To Get Wet in Yambol

You can see what is going to happen here. The Bus is going to stop at the bus stop, hit the puddle on entry and the passenger is going to get wet. I waited to see if this would happen and it did much to only my amusement!

An Old Yambol Overhead Electric Runner For Buses

There was once electric powered buses running in this section of Yambol. I never got to see them although these types of buses are common in other town and cities throughout Bulgaria. As yo can see the remains of the system still are in place. I would be nice to see electric powered buses again with their current diesel fumes blowing out!

A Typical Yambol Bus Shelter

This is typical of many bus shelters you will see in Yambol. Rough and ready but keep the weather elements at bay wether in summer or winter. It may look empty right now, but a bus just took everyone away! It is a well used bus shelter and I am glad to report that buses are a popular way of getting around in Yambol and still relatively cheap.

Yambol Coach Accident - Charges Made

This tragic accident is still very much a vivid memory for many in Yambol.

The official charges against the two defendants in the May bus accident in the "Bakadzhik" area near the city of Yambol are ready and will enter the court by December 10. The information was announced Wednesday by the Yambol Regional Prosecutor. The trial in the case, involving the death of 18 people caused by a bus careering down a mountainside called Bakadzhik Peak and plowing through a crowd of pedestrians heading to a religious festival, will, most likely, begin in January. According to earlier reports, the trial was scheduled to begin in October.

The two defendants are the owner of the carrier company, Slavi Slavov and the driver, Gospodin Gospodinov. Slavov is charged with causing death due to recklessness while Gospodinov -with violating traffic laws. The technical probe found that the bus breaks did not work properly and failed. The driver had a 0,66 blood alcohol level and had been driving too fast for the steep terrain. About 50 people are expected to take the witness stand.

Source: www.novinite.com

A Yambol Hand-Painted Bus Stop

It never fails to amaze that many road signs are hand painting in Yambol City and bus stops are no exception. The style is very much of a child's picture of a bus, in fact I could have done just a good job and I am a completely talentless artist. the main thing is that everyone know it is a bus stop whether the picture is good art or not. Practicality takes the biscuit here, why commission fine art when child's art does exactly the same?

Yambol's Coach Booking Office

This is just opposite the Yambol Polytechnic and where you have to go to buy coach and bus tickets to travel. Coach travel is cheap and the staff there very helpful, (and attractive). They speak English but I try to speak to them in Bulgarian and they play along with me.

Yambol Buses

One of many buses that fly through the potholed streets of Yambol. Notice the curtains that are hanging from the windows to give shade from the sun in the summer. These also keep the travelers warm in the winter. These buses are always full and that is a good practice.