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Hahahaha i love that picture of you by the toilet LOL
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LMFAO… thanks!!! I couldn’t believe he was taking pics of me doing this!!!
I usually try to get writing done while in transit, but it rarely works out. I can imagine it would be impossible on a chicken bus.
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Oh yeah it would be impossible to get writing done on a chicken bus. They are a lot of fun though ;)~
Hey Jaime…as “boring” as you thought this post may be, for travellers about to embark on their journey, with no real clue as to what we should expect on “transportation days”, this was actually quite informative…thanks for including the border crossings!
Well I must be honset some transportation days are interesting like todays. We were on a chicken bus that was traveling super fucking fast through mountains. We were holding on for dear life the whole way.
I am glad this helped you because it is 100% a transportation day. The border crossing are easy I am just scared of them. Also ignore the touts all of them are walking distance save your money.
Thanks for cuing me in on how the toilets work! Toilets in different countries can be quite an adventure and I am glad I now know to add water 🙂 Interesting post with your normal humor added in.
Oh yes toilets are quite the adventure… sometimes horrible but you gotta go…lol!!! Also be sure to carry toilet paper with you everywhere!!!
EEEEE… I love that I could inspire your blog ideas. Even though you might have thought transportation days are horrible; I enjoyed this post. I could totally see you through out this day. oh and i really though the restroom break was a #1 and not a #2, but soon realized it when you needed the water. You sounded a bit fresa that you had never done that.. really?!
we need to skype soon even if just messaging. I miss you so much.. I don’t think you realize how much.
thank you again for blogging about crossing borders, chicken buses, pick ups, and how to flush a toilet! lmao
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Thank you so much for inspiring a blog post… Really I would have never written this. Umm yeah the RR break was #2 and horrible…lol!!! Oh & you know I type like I talk so this is 100% me!!! Glad I can give you some insight on what a transportation day consist of ;)~
love ya!!!
You are soo funny in the toilet pic!!
That was one of my longest (u know how sloooow I travel hehe) and most fun transportation days thanks to you and Mark 😉
I was laughing the whole way through reading your post!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😉
I miss your funny ways!!!
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Awww thanks Superxicana. It was a great fucking day, I had a blast with the two of you!!! I miss you and your insightful ways…lol.
P.S. I see you got a gravatar ;)~ Oh & we will need to chat soon.
I love that the toilet got special mention in the post! (It would have if it were my post too!) The best picture I’ve seen in a long time, your expression is priceless!
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Jillian of course it got special mention it was too funny not too (especially with the photo)…lol!!! Im glad I am going to have that photo as a reminder for the rest of my life!!!
LOL, oh Jaime, as they say, better you than me. Glad to see you are having fun 🙂
Thanks Justin… one day you will deal with all these problems!!!
can pretty much guarantee you I wont! LOL
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So that’s what a transportation day is like. The last guide book to Central America I read said to avoid chicken buses. It’s good to see they are working out for you. I’m actually looking forward to sharing a chicken bus with chickens, though I’m sure that will get old after the first hour or two.
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Mike yup this is what a “transportation day” looks like! As for avoiding Chicken Buses if you did that you would be missing out on the essence of what makes Central America so special. I hope you dont listen to the guide books and do use them to get every where. You just have to be careful & stay alert. I have yet to feel threatened by any passenger on a ride. So when do you come to Central America?
I have never had anything like this before! Traveling to just one country at a time, and sometimes just one city, I just have the minimal drama of getting in and out at the airport. My most difficult travel days though were 1) flying from Sydney to LAX only to learn my flight to Dulles had been canceled, so sleep deprived, I stood in a line for 2 hours to get a new flight (to Denver and then home). and 2) the time I flew to London via Canada and they had mechanical issues with the plane so we had to sit on it for ages while they got it sorted…then when I got to London we learned they had sent my bag to Vancouver, and I didn’t get it back until *after* I was back in the USA. Thankfully my friends clothed me during the trip (except for new underwear I bought).
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Oh wow Heather I think I would go nuts in the 2 situations you described. I am sometimes impatient and the good thing about Central America the buses are always fast & efficient on getting you where you need to get.
Jamie, I have traveled in many chicken buses when I spent 4 months traveling in Belize. The first bus scared the crap out of me, too fast, too crowded, etc, but then chicken buses became my main mode of transport and I love them! Much better then driving in a taxi with just one person who just might bore you to death!!
Sindy I would have to agree with you at 1st I was so scared of them but now I love them and I actually miss them. They are so crazy & chaotic but just work.
um, photo credit!
I did give it to you ;)~
I actually quite liked this post, despite you touting it as potentially boring! My longest “travel day” is any time I go between Daegu, South Korea and Harrogate, UK. 5 hour bus from Daegu to the airport, 2 roughly 8-hour flights, then an hour to Harrogate! Not sure if that counts as it’s obviously all on a plane!
12 hours on a Turkish bus with no bathroom was the worst. Still, it was pretty comfy! I’ve yet to experience travel in Latin America, Africa or South Asia…
I guess travel days could be fun Tom, but most of the time I just find them boring and EXHAUSTING. As for yours that is a long long day as well. I dont think it matters bus, train, plane when you are in transportation it’s just exhausting. I’m in for some new adventures as I set off to new regions of the world.
Well it is good your friend convinced you to write about a transportation day 🙂 I have had many of those. It took me something like 10 hours to get from Granada to Balgue, in Isla de Ometepe, so I can certainly relate. It is tiring, but then… you keep the good memories, right?
Claudia, you are so right… it is so tiring but in the end a great memory to have!!!