Not so long ago, I had an immediate trip to Manila to accompany my mother to meet her dual citizen niece and her family who is having a vacation there.
4 days after, I am already at Araneta Center bus terminal waiting for the bus to leave bound for my hometown. The trip lasted 28 hours and here are what I have realized:
1) Ordinary bus ticket is every CHEAP, it's almost 50% of the cheapest airfare. But services on this bus is even CHEAPER! Drivers and conductors get extra income by delivering packages. What happens is that the cargo bins of the bus is already full of this "special" packages, the bulky baggages of the of the passengers get piled up in the aisle making it an "extra challenge" for the passenger to get in and out of their seats during stop-overs.
2) Passengers who usually takes ordinary buses have the following baggages:
a) annoying children with ADHD (not just a child, children!!!)
b) live stock ranging from fighting roosters to puppies (you can play animal sound guessing game the whole trip!!!)
c)the classic biscuit can (with biscuits of course!!!)
3) The travel is already long, what makes it longer and more exhausting is when you have a driver with bladder issues. What happens is that we go on unnecessary halt every 1-2 hours!
4) Starbucks has bottled instant flavored frapuccino in convenient stores at the stop-over.
Now, that's my Silver lining!!! hehehe!!!
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