Sunday, February 14, 2010
Riding a bus in Central America
In certain parts of Central America, countries use old Canadian school busses as their public transportation. You know the ones. The yellow school busses you see in elementary school parking lots. You probably rode one to school at some point in your life. I met an American in Costa Rica that said his father ran a business that sold old rickety yellow school busses to countries in central america. They were everywhere and were usually a two-man operation. The driver just did his thing. He drove the bus and handled the music. The second guy stood at the door and took care of the flow of people on and off the bus. The music bumps and so do the seats. Check the Canadian "Blue Bird" somewhere in Nicaragua below.
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Thomas,
I read your post about riding a bus in Central America. Good stuff, I'm hoping to see a few of those buses this summer.
I am an American student graduating in May and I am planning to do a bit of traveling and volunteering around Central America. I am planning to do the majority of my intercity travel via buses.
I am just wondering if you have any thoughts, recommendations, tips etc about riding the buses around in Central America.
Thanks so much!
Taylor Callsen
Hey Taylor, I think I replied but Im doing it again just incase it didnt work. Thanks for the comment. I'd be glad to help you out. I travelled the length of C.A for just over 4 months. Why don't you send me your email address and I can explain more.
Thomas
Thanks a lot Thomas, My email address is:
gritto2008@gmail.com
Shoot me an email whenever you get a chance, and if you could, could you please take this comment down so I don't get a bunch of spam emails :P
Thanks again,
Taylor
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