Friday, February 15, 2008

Manizales to Cali

Five hours into my journey from Manizales to Cali, my bus hit a motorcyclist. The motorcyclist survived, but it will take a skilled surgeon to reattach his foot. We waited for a few hours on the side of the road until another bus, half the size of our previous one and already full of passengers, came to our rescue. It was a cramped ride. I had the good fortune of sitting on the lap of a fairly plump woman who smelled like oranges. The man next to me wasn't so lucky. Squished in between the ceiling and a pile of luggage, he had to endure the entire journey with his head halfway out the window.

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