Tuesday 9 November 2010

A big dumb traffic jam

The reason the boys and I didn't make the cutoff on our hike was the 40 minute traffic jam of stupidity. As we passed the Seongpanak trail, we noticed that there were cars clumsily parked on the shoulders of both sides of the winding 2 lane-road. Our bus was the tip of the spear, and it raced around a corner, trying to beat another bus to the turn. The other bus had the same idea of course, and we slammed to a halt. So we were wedged up to this other bus at an awkward angle, and we couldn't back up, due to the dozens of tailgating cars up our ass like bees. People were getting out of buses and walking, which also didn't help. I knocked on the windows of the other bus and waved maniacally at the passengers, which unnerved them.





They tried to pretend like it wasn't happening. Soooo, we just kinda sat there for a while while people yelled at each other. They eventually got some of the cars to back up, and we passed inches from the other bus. To make up for lost time, when we broke free, the transporter that was driving the bus Tokyo-drifted all the way to our destination. It was the first time I've felt the need to put on a seatbelt while on a bus.
In a bizarre move, I've suddenly started eating cereal again, after years of non-cereal eating.

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