TRAVELING BY BUS

Traveling by bus is not only cheaper but more fascinating than flying. Looking out the window while going through small fishing or mountain villages or on narrow mountain roads can be quite interesting. The buses themselves are more comfortable than planes as well. That's good thing since 20 hours on the bus with only one stop is a long time.

On our way from Bogota to Santa Marta on the coast we were driving through the mountains for the first few hours. There was a lot of traffic on the mountain road. Lots of buses and trucks in both directions. Our bus was still overtaking other buses and trucks. Never mind the oncoming traffic After it got dark the buses turned on huge flashlights on the roofs to signal that they were overtaking trucks. A little scary but it worked.
All towns we passed had little stores along the road and people were sitting in front of them. Just hanging around waiting for someone to buy anything from them. Or just hanging around. The scenery was much different in the morning when we got closer to the coast. Cows on green fields and palm trees. There were still little stores along the road and people in front of them. There were also many people biking or walking, horse carriages and occasionally someone washing clothes in the river.

The scenery was much different along the coast on our way from Santa Marta to Cartagena. Just a few meters to the side of the road the Caribbean Sea started and on the over side of the road were small fishing villages. Some completely under water.





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