I couldn't fit many of the busses in a picture all together, there were probably like 50 of them!
Me, with Samuel and Katy who were on the bus also.
Monday, December 19, 2005
El Salvador Trip Part One - The Strike
This past weekend I went to El Salvador by bus to visit my friend Elsy there. En route, I had a very Central American experience… We got almost to the Honduras El Salvador border when the bus stopped for like an hour and we didn’t know why. They told us that there was a strike. The public transport busses (not what I was on) were protesting to the government about the $4 per gallon ridiculous gas prices, so they blocked the highway with their busses so no one could get in or out of Honduras to El Salvador or Nicaragua. Thankfully, we were stopped right by a nice hotel, and the hotel let us hang out in their patio area, and the bus line fed us lunch. There was a group of young people going to an Herbalife convention in El Salvador, and I hung out with them at the hotel. We walked down to the strike and sure enough, there were lots of busses parked all over, with the drivers napping in hammocks under the busses. We had left Tegus at 6am, and finally arrived in San Salvador at 10pm. It’s normally a 7 hour ride! But such is life in Central America, it was definitely a test of patience! Hehe!
I couldn't fit many of the busses in a picture all together, there were probably like 50 of them!
Me, with Samuel and Katy who were on the bus also.
I couldn't fit many of the busses in a picture all together, there were probably like 50 of them! Me, with Samuel and Katy who were on the bus also.
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Oh my gosh! You're right! That is a very common occurrence in Central America! Nearly every time we have taken the orphanage kids to the beach in Nicaragua (San Juan del Sur-it's like a 4 hour bus ride from the orphanage) we have gotten pulled over and sat there for at least 20 minutes or so. Never was sure what we were actually pulled over for, but the cops in Nicaragua seem to randonly pull people pver a lot.
When I was in Nicaragua in September there was also a big transporation strike. You couldn't get a bus or taxi in Managua at all and there were lots of violent riots and stuff. It was because the gas prices were so high and bus fares had been raised so lots of people couldn't even afford to take the buses anymore, I think.
I am glad to see you are having a great time! Te deseo un Feliz Navidad y un prospero Año Nuevo.
Dios te bendiga.
Meg
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