PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM * Panama - Two Weeks in
We made our way to the bus terminal yesterday
City of Panama,PAN -Life Nomadic, by Tyna(USA)n -20 Jan 2008: -- ... The buses here are out of control - they’re called Diablos Rojos (red devils). They’re painted in a graffiti style with bright colors and random slogans and portraits. At night they light up with all sorts of weird aftermarket flashing lights. I saw one that had a disco ball in it with beams of light shooting out of the windows... These are the buses that everyone uses, from students to business people to families, to get around the city. I love that they have fun with it… it’s not the sanitized corporate front that we demand in the US. It has personality... We got lost in the bus terminal. It’s easy to find a bus that goes there (they all do eventually), but harder to figure out how to get back, especially since there are no addresses here and no maps of the routes. One girl saw that we were lost and walked around with us to find us the right bus... There aren’t lines or terminals like you’d expect. The buses drive around the terminal and stop once in a while due to the congestion. You take that as an opportunity to jump on... Once we got on a guy suggested that we be careful because there are camera thieves at the terminal. He asked where we lived and told us to always take the “Cinco De Mayo” buses in the future since they go right there. He told us that it’s better to sit at the front of the bus so that you can let the driver know when you want to get off...
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