But here's a quick one and more to come this next week hopefully. The following picture was snapped by a nice girl who while tightly clinging to the bar on the bus used her other hand to get the picture. Behind her was a guy standing on the bus reading a book while holding it with both hands. How was he able to do that you ask? Because this was the most full I've EVER seen a bus! He was held up by the shear amount of people around him, though I thought it might be interesting if he had fallen causing a domino effect...hehe.
Coming back from our Thursday night dance class, Sharon (Tica who works for Vida Joven running Capernaum, our outreach to kids with disabilities) and I ran quickly across the street when we got to the bus stop and saw our bus was there. Running up to the bus, Sharon said, "It might be too full, we might have to wait for the next bus." It was the second to last bus of the night and I had never before seen THIS bus that full. (I've seen other buses really full, but not usually this one--I had never had to stand on this bus before.)
As we skidded to a stop outside the door, the bus driver motioned for us to come on and I was thinking, "Where?!" Every seat was taken and it seemed ever bit of standing room as well. Sharon hopped on first and paid the bus driver who then motioned toward the windsheild and so Sharon sat down IN THE WINDSHIELD, basically. I paid him and sat down beside her and we were off. Seriously? Seriously.
A couple stops after that when the bus driver stopped and opened the door, I heard, "Hey Ali, a little full in there?" One of my language school friends, Hannah, was trying to catch the bus as well, but seeming as Sharon and I were taking up the literal last two spots on the bus, she had to wait for the next one.
Oh, the joys of living in Costa Rica!
