thundercats

colombian buses--by now i've taken a lot of them.

it's funny. you rarely negotiate prices in colombia. but there is one exception: buses. whenever you head to the bus station, you go from window to window, bargaining hard for your fare. in many countries the bus fare is the only thing you DON'T negotiate. here i regularly get about 20-40% cut off of the initial asking price.

but that is only mildly interesting. much better is that the local buses are occasionally adorned with shit the driver or bus owner thinks is cool. the most common i have seen are buses that have "thundercats" emblazoned across them. yes, it's THE thundercats--the 80's animated series. how this became so cool in colombia is something that warrants further study.

and it gets better. the other day i saw a bus with a massive "la toya" painted on the top of it's front windows. at first i thought this must be a destination. but then i saw "jackson" in smaller script just below it. yes, there is a bus in colombia dedicated to la toya jackson. i suppose she was slightly more popular than tito, but still...