bus drivers with a death wish.....

i don´t know why it is that i always seem to end up with either taxi or bus drivers who have some sort of a death wish.... last week friday i took a bus by myself to the university area.... about a 30 min. ride....

the morning started with the bus barely coming to a stop long enough for me to climb on board, press 5 pesos into the drivers hand and find the next seat before the bus continued a full speed across the cobblestone streets.... i kid you not when i tell you that i could have been flung from one end of the bus to the other in a matter of seconds if i hadn´t hung on to the railings....

thankfully i found a seat that i could barely fit my knees in.... right above the back wheel cover! lucky girl!!!

the driver continued racing (imagine racing in a bus!!) down the road in order to beat whatever time he was supposed to... at one point he carried a full blown conversation with a bus driver next to him at record speed.... quite impressive for how narrow some of the roads are here.... you would have thought you were on a racetrack for buses!!!

in the midst of the insanity and speed, i look down and see a poor struggling cockroach meandering down the aisle.... another critter with a death wish..... it wasn´t long before a little girl´s sandle came crushing down on the poor thing that had no hope to begin with.....

sigh.... such is life, no?? don´t think i would want to be a cockroach..... la vida de las cucharachas....

anyway, 30 min later i gathered up enough courage to take the step out of the moving bus.... and manage to not trip and fall....

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