The Quito Rush
It always amazes me how many people you can get on a bus in Quito.
The sign at the front of the bus say maximum capacity 40 sitting and 44 standing.
At 6:30 in the morning, with all the students heading to school, and workers heading to work, finding a bus that is not crowded is, well, impossible.
Today, a bus on the route I needed slowed just enough for me to hop on. Now, I couldn't hop IN because the bus was too crowded. All I could do was stand in the open bus door, toes perched on the bottom step, both hands grasping in white knuckled fear to the hand grips while I dangled out of the bus. Fortunately, I spent only four blocks bouncing about outside the bus and dodging street signs. Then the bus stopped and a few souls departed the bus, enough that I could enjoy the luxury of actually standing in the second step of the door.
The sign at the front of the bus say maximum capacity 40 sitting and 44 standing.
At 6:30 in the morning, with all the students heading to school, and workers heading to work, finding a bus that is not crowded is, well, impossible.
Today, a bus on the route I needed slowed just enough for me to hop on. Now, I couldn't hop IN because the bus was too crowded. All I could do was stand in the open bus door, toes perched on the bottom step, both hands grasping in white knuckled fear to the hand grips while I dangled out of the bus. Fortunately, I spent only four blocks bouncing about outside the bus and dodging street signs. Then the bus stopped and a few souls departed the bus, enough that I could enjoy the luxury of actually standing in the second step of the door.
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