The PV bus maintenance guys have long ago given up on fixing
shocks or brakes. And the bus driver’s manoeuvre like shocks or new brakes don’t
matter anyway. Only passengers count. So any ride is complete with smiles and the sounds of metal on metal as
frame hits axel and the drivers race one another to pick up passengers. Klang!
Clunk! I mean metal on metal. You know the sound. KaKlunk! No shocks. Almost makes you want to say “ouch”.
As well the ride includes the sounds of no brake liners
screeching. I know, back home in Vancouver, neighbours for three blocks will
tell you, at the slightest whisper of the wheels hitting the brake with no
rubber, the sound of metal on metal. KaScreech “You need new brakes!” Not in
PV.
When wanting a bus, if you don’t raise your hand and point
at the bus; the “point” indicating I’m a passenger in waiting, you can wait for
the next bus. No problem as it is right on the bumper of the bus passing you, unless
he is speeding pass that bus and therefore can’t see you. The bus is filled with bobble heads all
sporting a nice tan of course as this is Puerto
Vallarta. You can always tell when someone is a new
arrival to PV when they have no tan or are asking for a bus schedule. With
bumper to bumper buses, who needs schedules?
The one thing sure to piss off a Blue Bus driver is a yellow
cab driver getting in his way. New York could
use Blue Buses as could Toronto or Vancouver. When a Blue
Bus driver is pissed off, he speeds up. Nothing can replace the KaKlunks and
KaScreeechs of a Blue bus being driven by a kapissed off bus driver.
A very efficient system for 6 and one half pesos (about 35 cents).
One zone or three zones matters not. Six and one half pesos for all those KaLunks
and KaScreecheechss and kabobbled gall stones is a bargain.
And, if you want to soak up the culture of Mexico and
Mexicans, absolutely nothing compares with a bus ride. Try it and you will see.
Get off that cruise ship and bus it from the Marina to the Romantic zone and walk up to
where Elizabeth Taylor’s house used to be. Soak up that PV sun. To be part of
the race to passengers complete with the bobbling and the sounds is worth more than any picture of a beautiful
sunset. Really is incredible stuff and the cost is only 6 and one half pesos.
Take in the scenic Banderas Bay.
Get a 4 dollar one hour haircut, a 25 dollar massage that really gets the crap
out of your belt line and radishes as big as an apple. And you will ask
yourself, “Why am I spending my winters in the rain or snow?”
 | |
| The #3 bus to El Remance |
Truly one of the best, quickest and most efficient bus
systems in the world.
 | |||||
| Point to stop |
