Riding public transportation in Santiago is a bit different that what I am used to. The busses (called micros over here, don´t ask, I don´t know) might not all be the newest, but there is nothing wrong with their breaks and the drivers aren´t afraid to use them at the last moment in their urban battle for space. They also do no moderate their speed if they encounter a patch of bad asphalt, and that happens frequently.
Normally I´m pretty sure footed, but yesterday I was not paying attention and was send flying to be caught by a nice student to prevent me from looking really bad. I have a ton of respect for the elderly who somehow are able to keep riding the busses even though they can hardly walk.
In the comming weeks I´ll talk some more about the public transportation over here. Why everyone is complaining about Transantiago, why does the metro have lines 1, 2, 4, 4A and 5 but not 3 and what´s the difference between a taxi, a radio taxi and a collectivo.
