Chile is a very modern country here in South America, and of course they have a metro. It works really well. There is a very smart ticket system. I'm impressed about how they have lines everywhere (that people actually respect - it is not very accepted to try and cheat your way ahead of others). This morning I went to take the metro in the middle of rush hour. It was really funny, because the metros were so full of people that you could bare enter, and when you got in you should be careful that the doors didn't cut off a piece of your foot or something. I made me think of an article I red in a magazine once about the metro in Japan were they have people working as people-pushers - that means that in rush hour their job is to pack people into the metro - they could use that here!
Yesterday I went to take the bus back to the house, and in the bus suddenly a guy startet drumming and singing, and later his friend started dancing. What was going on? Apparently that is very normal that groups drive around on the busses trying to make money playing music and dancing. To me it was a little ironic though, because the bus was FILLED with people, and people had barely any space for themselves. But hey, it was great to have some music on the trip and to be entertained a little bit.
Furthermore they don't have any timeschedules for the buses, so you can stand and wait for a bus for a million years, and then two buses arrive together, and after that there is no buses for a long time again. That is just a crazy system ! But funny.
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