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@Andre, @Gag: there were a plenty of those 1974 Volvo 144, not only in Pyongyang, also in other towns. All of them were used as taxis. I haven't seen one with a yellow, so a private plate.
It's wrong, what's said on the Flickr-page! None of them is in mint condition, all are rolling zombies, repaired uncountable many times. It would be interestting to check their mileages.
Unfortunately we couldn't make a taxi-ride in them, although we asked for that. It should have been rather possible than to make a trip in the -much more scrappy trolley-buses (mainly selfmade) and trams (Skoda and Tatra, mainly bought used from East German towns).
This is not possible for foreigners, as a visit of regular shop for the local habitants and especially the legendary private Tong-Ri-market.
Still some of the DPRK-pecularities... Maybe it will change in the future.
The Dacias we've seen, were also used as taxis. And -this is the joke about the first pic and those, I will add now- for kids
No kidding, these Dacias are used for traffic- and first driving-lessons for teenager besides on of the schoolchldren's palaces (we've been to an older, smaller one, not the big http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangyongdae_Children's_Palace
They are out of registration and didn't pass the madatory technical test, so they only can be used on this ground, not any more on public roads.
It's wrong, what's said on the Flickr-page! None of them is in mint condition, all are rolling zombies, repaired uncountable many times. It would be interestting to check their mileages.
Unfortunately we couldn't make a taxi-ride in them, although we asked for that. It should have been rather possible than to make a trip in the -much more scrappy trolley-buses (mainly selfmade) and trams (Skoda and Tatra, mainly bought used from East German towns).
This is not possible for foreigners, as a visit of regular shop for the local habitants and especially the legendary private Tong-Ri-market.
Still some of the DPRK-pecularities... Maybe it will change in the future.
The Dacias we've seen, were also used as taxis. And -this is the joke about the first pic and those, I will add now- for kids
No kidding, these Dacias are used for traffic- and first driving-lessons for teenager besides on of the schoolchldren's palaces (we've been to an older, smaller one, not the big http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangyongdae_Children's_Palace
They are out of registration and didn't pass the madatory technical test, so they only can be used on this ground, not any more on public roads.