London Bus seen in the desert

[tomben]

I never thought i'd see a London Bus in the middle of the Arizona desert

[kaz101]

Now there's one there'll be another a long in a minute

[Stevan]

Originally Posted by kaz101

Now there's one there'll be another a long in a minute

Three days at this bus stop. as the driver to hurry up.

[eddiegibson]

I had my car towed away in Oslo earlier this year.

When I went to get it back there was a London bus next to it that had also been clamped and towed!

[Chica]

Well, you won't see them in London now I believe????

[Auld Yin]

It will look in place as it goes over London Bridge, also in Arizona.

[geopopo]

cool, thats funny!

[rotarise]

haha thats a cool pic but why the hell is that bus even there?? must of been a phooshoot thing

[tomben]

Originally Posted by rotarise

haha thats a cool pic but why the hell is that bus even there?? must of been a phooshoot thing

Actually i spoke with the owner last week. So I'll write up a bit more. The bus is his business he rents it out for practically anything, he even does pub crawls around phoenix in it.

The bus is older (1983 Leyland) it had to be either new or older than 25 years to get it into the USA legally, apparently a new bus would have cost him around a million dollars. The bus was purchased in London and driven up to Liverpool and loaded onto a ship. Five weeks, 2 oceans and one Panama Canal later the bus was unloaded Port Hueneme, north of Los Angeles and driven to its new home in Phoenix, LA.

It was immediately painted the traditional london tourist bus red from its orginal green and white. Since then he has had it fitted out with air conditioning.

$100 an hour for private hire

[greensheen22]

Haha, expat buses. "Hopefully the yanks treat me better"