Ecuadorian Buses

Ok, so if you, as an Ecuadorian male, are going to hit on me on the crowded bus from Cumbaya to Quito, at least have the decency to offer me your seat. Machismo should work both ways.

Love, Laura

No but really, the bus system is quite incredible here. They are some municipally owned, and some cooperatively owned. It takes two, not one person to work each bus. One, of course is the driver, who is driving a manual bus, yes a huge bus is manually operated. the second is the money taker, guy who yells the stops of the bus, "Cumbaya Cumbaya Tumbaco suba suba."

The bus has a wide variety of riders, young old, indigenous women with huge baskets, crying babies, and the vendors. There is the "manderinas maderinas un dollar" lady, the "helados helados" lady, the "tameridos, diez for 25 centitivos" man, and my favorite.. the occasional man that sells dvds and music for a dollar.

But my favorite of all times is when a man lets me on the bus first, or gives me his seat. There are a lot of ladrones on buses