May 19th, 2006 - Minibuses suck!

After being an hour late picking us up and charging us an additional fe to pick us up in Kamala beach and not petong, the minibus was a pile of junk. One of the seats was busted and Laure and I were forced to squeeze into the front two seats, where Laure was the gimp with her legs right next to the shifter as described in a previous blog entry. We finally got on the road and with the beginning of rain we find out the wipers don't work. Do you know those games where you try and make your passengers nervous by not clearing the windshield for extended periods of time. This guy brought that game to a whole new level. He also had a strange diet of nuts and leaves? After nearly missing a truck that was reversing onto the highway, I was relieved to move to the back at our next stop. The minibus stopped another 3 times for travel agents to take our money and throw in with a VIP bus that was out of gas and a ferry ride and we finally got to the island at 6pm! Talk about a long day of travelling, considering the two places can't be more than 300km apart!