After undergoing radical changes that include dramatically adapted seating arrangements, increased storage space for the inevitable chickens and other lively cargo and rather colourful and creative interior design, these buses ditch their former (quieter) school-kid-toting image and become an entirely different animal altogether.

Well, dangit, Backpackers beat me to writing the post I wanted to write, inspired by exactly the same post on Ubertramp. Never mind, props to them for the speedier blogging. They're running a swell round up of 'chicken bus' adventures. Go read.

Happily, I do have one thing to add - the search for chicken bus photos on Flickr! The image is from Travelling Tennyson's photostream.

Pam blogs about travel and other adventures on Nerd's Eye View.