New Symi Bus

by **SueO** » 05 Jul 2006, 23:01

Blimey!

by **Allan** » 05 Jul 2006, 23:23

Couldn't have put it better SueO!

by **Trailer** » 06 Jul 2006, 00:23

Gosh! It will never be the same again chugging up that hill and bombing around the narrows of Chorio! Can you remind us of the driver's name.

by **symivisitor** » 06 Jul 2006, 00:49

Lakis-the trip might be a bit cooler though! 8-)

by **SamanthaF** » 06 Jul 2006, 02:01

What have they done with the old bus?

by **D and E** » 06 Jul 2006, 08:25

Impressed !!

Lakis will be getting a new bike next !!

by **Mille** » 06 Jul 2006, 10:37

The bus had problems when I was there in late May.
I think it got a little hot and spilled some oil.
We sat (- in the HEAT) in the bus while the mechanics looked at it, Lakis wrote something on a tissue and off we went again.

(- oh God I miss Symi :cry:

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by **Mille** » 06 Jul 2006, 11:08

Btw, is the price still 1 euro? Or did Lakis increase the price to pay off the new bus?

by **christoph** » 06 Jul 2006, 12:09

last september, the bus had problems again and was a hole day out of business.
is there a chance to post a photo from the bus here?

by **Allan** » 06 Jul 2006, 12:23

Christoph, there's a picture of the bus in the "Website updates" topic in the "Messages from the Symi Visitor Team" forum, above.

by **brian** » 06 Jul 2006, 19:04

Yess Mille still 1 euro

by **Joanie** » 08 Jul 2006, 01:36

How long has Lakis had a new bus then?

by **Ozzie Geoff** » 08 Jul 2006, 13:55

Not long, Joanie, its not even licenced yet...note, no number plates!

by **brian** » 08 Jul 2006, 20:10

hope the new bus aint the green bus otherwise i would hate to see the old bus

by **Joanie** » 08 Jul 2006, 21:04

I hope it's on the road in Oct, we use it a lot,staying in Pedi.Hope we don't have to walk everywhere

by **Jan** » 10 Jul 2006, 10:38

Re the lack of number plates - when we were walking in Crete a month ago, nearly every new car had either no plate at all or a handwritten one on a bit of paper stuck on the windscreen. Since most vehicles we saw when we were in the mountains were shepherds' pickups we weren't too surprised by this (no plate; no tax, we surmised) but it was the same in Heraklion too. Maybe there's a Hellenic nation-wide scarcity?

by **Allan** » 10 Jul 2006, 10:50

I noticed the same thing in both Symi and Rhodes earlier this year. I assumed the Man Who Issues The Number Plates was on holiday

by **Iaan** » 11 Jul 2006, 19:48

It's not so much that there is a new bus - but where will they dump the old one?
Previous model was abandoned at the bottom of the Pedi Road.
Is there a grave yard for the Symi Bus????????

by **Anyta Tickner** » 22 Jul 2006, 14:36

What new bus? We were there for the last two weeks and the good old green bus is still going strong,with an appretice driver in tow with Lakis. We did hear rumours of a new bus (grey one parked up where the boat comes in) but it didn't move for the two whole weeks we were there. I did hear a rumour it was too big, but again not verified by anyone.
Its still �1 and worth it for the fun factor alone.

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