Tuesday, November 4, 2008

first time bus experiences..



we didn't want our car to keep sounding like a turbo rice rocket car when we drove it around the island with everyone staring at us..so our car decided that he needed to stay at the repair shop for more than a day.. ... that meant for all of us girls.. bus rides until our car is fixed again! we miss our Bentley already.. :(

As you can see, i have lightly circled in orange what buses look like over here above. They basically are big vans with 12 passenger seating. It's actually in a way convenient but knowing me.. I have my moments anywhere i go...

my first bus ride was yesterday.. it was kind of scary thinking about it because I knew that these buses would be filled with locals... looking at me like i am a foreigner of coursee. Bus Rides one way here are $2.00EC = $.75 cents US.. not bad not bad.. it was hard to get a bus to notice us on the side of the road for them to stop over and pick us up.. ( kind of like hitch hikers ) then.. as I sat down.. The bus driver busted out playing KELIS-MILKSHAKE at 8am.....the middle school kids in the back of the bus started literally shaking her boobs and dancing and bumping it....it was an 8am island bus party.. I felt like i was in a Missy Elliot Video indeed, where the asian girl tryin to study her notebook should randomly bust out with her moves eventually, joining in with the dancers... haha.. dropped us off right at school.. it was very nice of him!

Bus ride this morning.. as i climbed into the bus. i bumped my head and yelled out shit! It was a hard hit! haha... and i just sat there quietly the whole ride there...

Bus ride back home.. the one i just got back from..we had to wait around until the whole bus van got filled up with bus riders before the driver would go anywhere... interesting huh?!? so you have a bunch of buses parked at a station waiting for people to fill them up...for the amounts of bus on this island, they are the most used transportation for the locals here.... music playing = oldies/country music.. what a total change of music!!! some of the locals were actually singing to it.. it's interesting how I can randomly hear country music bumping for the island to hear from someone's household over here.. country?!?! kind of random.. i know! Rupal and I wanted to sit in the front of the bus because we didn't want to deal with people leaving in and out of the bus.. what a hassle :P It was quite nice though.. not having to drive myself.. enjoying the view and the sun with the windows open.. especially when it is a nice bus that you are riding in!!
ride safely and wisely please...:)


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