To add some spice to our rather routine blogging life, Odzer and I collaborated on this photo post. It shows certain common urban features in Toronto (Canada) where I live and Chandigarh (India) where he lives.
Bus Stop Signs
Tiles on a Sidewalk (North American term) or Footpath (Indian term)
Graffiti
Manholes
Traffic Signal (also called Stop light or Traffic light in North America. It took me a while to catch on that).
Crosswalk (North American term) or Zebra crossing (Indian term)
It was very interesting to do this post. The standardization of cities around the world amazes me. All these pictures are from my neighborhood and I am always armed with my camera, taking hundreds of pictures. We shall return with more interesting pictures.
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[...] days ago Priyank and I have decided to collaborate and create a photo post together. The idea was to find common [...]
Amazing coordination, collaboration, and a fine specimen of teamwork! Good theme, this can lead to many interesting ideas and posts…you guys are very creative.
Thanks Mahendra! We have few ideas but feel free to contribute more!
wow this is such a cool theme! i wish i was still in Tanzania, could have contributed quite a bit (hilarious) pics
That was fun. Its quite similar when we get to the basics.
Yes it was interesting definitely!
wow! would love to contribute
Yeah, lets do somethin!
What a cool idea!! I gave you a mention in my latest post and used one of your pics you gave me permission to use before.
Oh that’s nice of you Bob! Thanks!
In Colorado Springs, we have zebra crossings like in India.
Hi Paul! That’s cool!
(btw, I was only referring to the usage of terms ‘crosswalk’ vs’ zebra crossing’, I’m sure they come in several shapes and sizes!)
@ Priyank : I think i have only seen the bar type zebra crossings till now. I was actually surprised when I saw your photo.
Odzer, I hadn’t seen these types of crossings until I came to Toronto. Even here, zebra crossings are unpopular – they usually just draw two parallel lines indicating the space where people can walk.
pretty please P
cant u write some magic code to just let regulars write comments with a login or something
this is getting daunting
Odzer : is it a regular road or just a showcase road of chandigarh ? im impressed and wowed !
Priyank : Can i join in , and post mumbais roads etc?
i can do two versions the real mumbai and the showcase mumbai …
i could even add bits of fft and ladakh
Prax this is only a temporary measure, my host wants me to do it….
Prax: Sure, we can do something together. Maybe a trek post
Oi. What a mess of commenting. Enable user registration.
What a combination. I think in few years, our cities will be cooler than US and European cities. Or at least some parts of them will.
Suda, you think so?
Perhaps! Oh and I’ll make the commenting easier soon. This is just a temp measure (like those blogspot people have!)
Chandigarh is better… I will send you similar pics from here
Cool! thanks.
Love this. What a great idea.
Thanks Wendy!
@ Prax : Most of our roads within the union territory are nice. Although when you go towards the south of the city sometimes there can be a few small broken patches. You see three different roads in these pictures. The graffiti one is a cycle track for bicycles in sector 8. The traffic light one is taken near sector 9/10 intersection and the zebra crossing is next to sector 17/18.
Interesting idea, Priyank! Of course, Chandigarh is amongst the better planned cities in India. Some of the traffic signs, graffiti, etc., from other cities ought to be interesting too.
Thanks Shantanu, yes indeed it will be interesting to see stuff from other cities.