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.
3 comments:
Hi Pim, and also tell me why there are guys allong the road telling things to the Microdrivers and getting paid for that!
Ton
Pimster! You've been updating your blog, cool!
How's life in the Southern hemisphere? Done any snowboarding?
How are those HDR photos coming btw? Any luck? ;)
As for the metro mystery: that's easy. Obviously 3=4A => A=0.75. QED and stuff.
Later!
Marc
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