Yesterday, I received a forwarded mail from my sister titled 'Best Bus stops in the World". It was quite an interesting mail, quite unusual too. There were various pictures of bus stops from all over the world, very different from the regular ones, we see everyday. And here I am, writing about it.
The very first picture elevated my curiosity, as there was a girl riding a swing while waiting for a bus to come by, what a fun idea to kill time. Second one, looked like a cozy hut painted in red and white, just the perfect spot on a cold winter day. And the third one, seemed like an environmentalist's dream, with the top of the structure covered with grass, brilliant idea.
Next one, was an example of modern architecture with gliding roofs, very well designed to provide high-tech shade to the would-be passengers. The fifth picture, was right out of a science fiction movie, dark and angular on the outside, lights glowing from inside, although I couldn't figure out any place for people to sit. The following image was bizarre to say the least, it must have been a football goal post before being converted to a bus stop.
A garden abode for the tired and weary soul, a perfect description for the next picture in the mail, totally smashing the notion of 'waiting is frustrating'. The next one was stranger than all the others, shaped like a vending machine with glass doors in the front, its so much fun to imagine someone putting in quarters to let the person out, hilarious.
The next bus stop definitely came out of history, am sure, it must have been carved out from a huge dinosaur's skeleton and coated in white paint; which could be easily broken into pieces just by thinking of sitting on the molded seats, eeiks!! As cute as a strawberry, the following one can be regarded as the biggest strawberry ever and one can even lounge around inside it, very cool, isn't it.
This time, its watermelon, yes you guessed it right, another fruity bus stop and one can sit inside this one too, what a revelation. Following image, showcased as a plain steel and glass back wall frame, very simplistic and clean finish. The most creative of them all, was the thirteenth photo, as the formation seemed to be cut out of a school bus, so imaginative.
Subsequent picture, resembled a riverside resort view where one could hang out in the hammock swing, what a relaxing way to spend time awaiting a bus's arrival and there's an even better way to do that, just grab a chair inside a glass tunnel and read a book, as displayed in the next image.
Coming to a close and only two more to go, where one was designed like a log hut supported by stone pillars in the Yosemite Park and the other one, a picture of a flooded bus stop in Mumbai.
All this can be very well, termed as 'innovative remodeling' as it changes the entire idea of a classic - 'point of pick-up shelter' used by people around the world as bus stops.
