Those Damn Buses!

Friday December 12

I left to go to Quito this morning. When the bus came I was walking toward the back door and I thought the driver was going to open it. The guy hanging out the bus (a guy who works with the driver) indicated for me to come forward. When I started to walk fast towards the front entrance the bus took off!

How rude can people be here!? So I gave him the ‘bird’ but the guy was already inside the bus.

So I waited for the next bus. I held out my arm, the bus slowed down but he didn’t stop! Well, I got pissed.

I was at a bus stop during this time. Maybe with these rude people the drivers don’t think it’s worth stopping for one person.

I decided to take a taxi. On the way to the city the driver hit a dog crossing the highway. I turned around to see that he limped to the neutral ground in the center of the road.

All of this before I went to the city!

I went to the bank to do my business and then took a taxi home. On the way home one lane was blocked off for road repairs. This means we had to go to the other lane. Once in the other land you can’t cross over until you pass the turnoff for my town. This means we had to go to the next town.

However there is an alternative road to take which was right before the section of the road that is being paved. In other countries – where they use common sense – there would be a detour sign and arrows along the way for people want to go to the town where I live. Do you think they did that in Ecuador? NO! As that would requiring thinking! This is actually the second time it happened to me, but by the time I saw the driver drive right up the cones blocking the road he was past the turnoff section.

After going home, I talked with Jayne awhile. Then I had to leave for the mall as Jayne has a letter to her lawyer to post. When I went to the mall the store said again they had no stamps and told me Monday – so another delay.