Comments on: Don’t Worry Until the Locals Start to Scream: adventures on Guatemalan “chicken buses.” http://yelkaye.net/2009/06/dont-worry-until-the-locals-start-to-scream-adventures-on-guatemalan-chicken-buses/ Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:50:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Caitlin http://yelkaye.net/2009/06/dont-worry-until-the-locals-start-to-scream-adventures-on-guatemalan-chicken-buses/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Caitlin Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:28:53 +0000 http://yelkaye.net/?p=525#comment-174 Mark - that posted rule is delightful. Kids around here are pretty bad ass... so I would hardly be surprised if a 6 year old could navigate the chicken bus system on his own. Heh. Sheena - in retrospect, we are pretty sure who it was that slashed Jen's purse. We now refer to her as "that fat thieving whore who stole Jen's wallet." Mark – that posted rule is delightful. Kids around here are pretty bad ass… so I would hardly be surprised if a 6 year old could navigate the chicken bus system on his own. Heh.

Sheena – in retrospect, we are pretty sure who it was that slashed Jen’s purse. We now refer to her as “that fat thieving whore who stole Jen’s wallet.”

]]> By: Sheena http://yelkaye.net/2009/06/dont-worry-until-the-locals-start-to-scream-adventures-on-guatemalan-chicken-buses/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Sheena Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:02:08 +0000 http://yelkaye.net/?p=525#comment-172 OH NO Jen got robbed?! I am so sorry to hear that!! but I am thrilled to see that you made it alive to Xela!! I am home now too - uneventful trip home except for the last 30 minutes or so on the tarmac in Toronto when police escorted two people off the plane - drugs and domestic disputing are apparently NOT allowed on Delta airlines. I am going to post pics once my laundry is done - YAY OH NO
Jen got robbed?! I am so sorry to hear that!! but I am thrilled to see that you made it alive to Xela!! I am home now too – uneventful trip home except for the last 30 minutes or so on the tarmac in Toronto when police escorted two people off the plane – drugs and domestic disputing are apparently NOT allowed on Delta airlines.

I am going to post pics once my laundry is done – YAY

]]> By: Mark http://yelkaye.net/2009/06/dont-worry-until-the-locals-start-to-scream-adventures-on-guatemalan-chicken-buses/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Mark Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:14:14 +0000 http://yelkaye.net/?p=525#comment-171 Caitlin, great post. I've been here for 8 months now and my early rides on the buses are memorable. The story about passing a tourist shuttle is a classic... However, there are some rules posted, e.g., I was on a bus one time that said, "Children under 5 must be with a parent". I guess a six year old can get around the country without a problem! Caitlin, great post. I’ve been here for 8 months now and my early rides on the buses are memorable.

The story about passing a tourist shuttle is a classic…

However, there are some rules posted, e.g., I was on a bus one time that said, “Children under 5 must be with a parent”. I guess a six year old can get around the country without a problem!

]]> By: Rotem http://yelkaye.net/2009/06/dont-worry-until-the-locals-start-to-scream-adventures-on-guatemalan-chicken-buses/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Rotem Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:26:14 +0000 http://yelkaye.net/?p=525#comment-169 In Israel we got something called service cabs. These are different kinds of vans, usually sit ten passengers (and some will illigally sit an 11th on a small plastic stool, which is good because you'd rather do that than wait for another one). They honk, they yell, some will smoke while driving and go tell them that the smoke DOES enter the car, they course, and some will give you a free ride if they see you're really outa money at the moment. They race before buses so they can pick up passengers earlier. It's not as exotic as a chicken bus, but I'd say it's way closer than anything here in Canada, or maybe I'm not aware of everything. Next time get an iron plated bag. In Israel we got something called service cabs. These are different kinds of vans, usually sit ten passengers (and some will illigally sit an 11th on a small plastic stool, which is good because you’d rather do that than wait for another one). They honk, they yell, some will smoke while driving and go tell them that the smoke DOES enter the car, they course, and some will give you a free ride if they see you’re really outa money at the moment. They race before buses so they can pick up passengers earlier. It’s not as exotic as a chicken bus, but I’d say it’s way closer than anything here in Canada, or maybe I’m not aware of everything.

Next time get an iron plated bag.

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