BusesMissed the plane? The catch the bus. If you're unlucky, you'll get bus-sick. If you're very unlucky, you won't have one of these bags to spew into. |
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AAT King's ToursThis Aussie Tidy Bag is provided by AAT King's "in the interest of
keeping Australia beautiful". Not to mention the interior of their
coaches smelling sweet. |
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Cairo Express Travel"For motion discomfort", says this bright
orange-red bag, "Your best choice". |
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CatarinenseI thought at first that this busbag came from a company
called Lixinho. But I think that means "garbage" in Portuguese.
Anyway, it has a picture of a very friendly coach with hands instead of
wing mirrors. |
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Chinese flying busSorry, I don't know what this bag say -- except
"This may be used for water or airsickness" (in English). Must be a flying
bus... |
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The Eastern BusPlastic Clean Bag with a tear-off tab from this Chinese
firm. |
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The Eastern Bus 2Slightly darker than the bag above, and with a
better-printed tab at the top. |
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Fu Shun Kuai KeThis bag looks as if it comes from a department store
with a Mercedes-Benz star on the top. But no: it's the Fushun
long-distance bus company's bag. Fushun is in NE China, just in case you
wanted to know. |
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Greyhound"Australia's great going greyhound". This greyhound is bright
orange, so you can find it easily as you grope under your seat for
something to spew into. |
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IGP WarenverkaufFeatures psychedelic cornflakes falling into a landfill. "Für alle Fälle" it says in big bold type at the top, followed by "for all emergency" in English, French and Italian. All emergency? Not sure how useful it would be in case of a bus crash, aborted pregnancy, hurricane, asteroid impact, or nuclear war. Supplied by IGP
Warenverkauf, a bus-operators' association in southern Germany. |
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ItamaratiA Brazilian busbag that features not one but two
wastebins. "Preservando o meio ambiente com você", whatever
that means. |
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ItapemirimLots of instructions on this large plastic bag, none of which seem to
have anything to do with coach sickness. Or maybe it's just that I don't
understand Portuguese. Perhaps the bag doubles as a shopping
bag while you're at the bus station? |
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Leger HolidaysA massive bag from the company "voted 'best coach operator' 1999 by U.K. travel agents". "Safety First", it says at the bottom: "To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this bag away from babies and children." Unless they are about to regurgitate the contents of their sweet little bellies. This bag doubles as a shopping bag. Just make sure you decide how to
use it beforehand: souvenirs and vomit don't mix. |
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Liaoning Huyue Express Bus Service Incorporated CorporationFeatures the aptly named "Huyue", a bright orange cartoon tiger. "For vomiting and discarding." |
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PenhaYou might be forgiven for thinking this is LIXO buslines. But I think lixo means "rubbish" in Portuguese (please correct me if I'm wrong). Not a good name for an bus company. This large plastic bag can double as a shopping bag if
you're not feeling sick. It also features a phone number (linha direta
0800-99-2323) in case you need to order another bag. Unlike on planes, you are allowed to use your mobile phone
while aboard a bus. Just don't distract the pilot. |
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Plus für Bus"Environmentally friendly", says this bag in German. "This polyethylene bag is produced in an environmentally friendly manner, burns non-toxically, and is groundwater-neutral and recyclable." Seems almost a
shame to use it to hold all those nasty toxic stomach contents. |
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P.W. Jones CoachesAnother bag that features poetry: "Phil's Fleet we're hard to beat." (See Cyprus Airways for another.) It's also packed with useful instructions: "Please use this bag for used cartons, wrappings, waste paper, empty cans, etc., or in case of travel sickness. When full please ask your driver for a replacement. Thank you for helping to keep your Coach tidy and pleasant." And odour-free, we might add. Coachsick passengers will have to travel a long way before they fill up this bag: Phil reportedly drives carefully, and the bag is a roomy 35.8 x 24.6 cm. This gem was stolen from a coach in Herefordshire, in the west of
England. |
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Shanghai Airport BusAt last, an artistic design on a bag! This one has a
group of bored-looking women sitting on roadsigns, being ogled by a bunch
of dudes on a nearby sign. Enigmatic, what? |
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UtilA Brazilian busbag, complete with network routemap.
Doubles as an instruction leaflet: no smoking on board, identify your
bags, no drinking, and no listening to music. Have a nice trip
anyway. |
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Yasaka KankoA plastic bag from the Yasaka bus company in Japan. The Japanese text
says: "Travel in a safe local tourist bus with a green number plate!! Buses with
white plates are not tourist buses. Have a pleasant journey with a pure heart."
(Translation courtesy Dr Regine
Mathias, University of Bochum). In large letters in English are the words "Clean
& Green". The bag itself is blue. |
