Get
ready for merengue music playing non-stop with a loudness that verges on pain,
and get ready for watching your own breath clouds in a freezing cold in a
tropical country.
Get
yourself ear corks and warm clothes before the drive!
These buses mostly have their regular stops
every three hours when you can eat and get refreshment. However, the stops are
usually boring and situated outside settlements. Unless you are hungry, you
will have nothing to do with yourself during that time.
The regular buses are exceedingly less
comfortable of course, but much more genuine and interesting. It is a good idea
to enquire a bit before the drive: such buses sometimes stop at every village
by the road, which means arrival at a considerably later hour.
To be
continued
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& photo: Janin 