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Caribbean Buses
What you need to know about it, or half of my way to Portsmouth
Travels Tales by Veselo
Went on the road straights from my home to Roseau I was walking by foot and did it right, because no any bus passed by during 20 minutes. In the capital I collided with jolly taxi-driver, who offer to take me to Portsmouth for 140 Eastern Caribbean dollars. Keeping on mind do not have a business with taxi-drivers, I passed all capital during 5 minutes and walk out from a border of the region, where I have never been by foot, but saw places from the car.
Later five minutes of walking and thinking about strange Caribbean buses, which didn't want to stop, I was tempted by the shade of a beautiful tree inclined above the bridge through purling river. Stopped, cooled down under humid wind from water, took a time to think and decided that buses didn't stop because I was walking and they thought that I wanted to have a walk. At this moment I noticed a bus, rose up my hand and miracle happened: the bus had braked. That means I was right at my thoughts: they were just waiting when I will stop…
Later ten minutes I realized that I had no been in this place before even in the car. I didn't want to check my map to know where I was going exactly. When the bus was empty I guessed that is the last stop and asked the bus-driver where I am and showed where need to be. He returned me back on the two bus stops to the seashore, place is called Rodney's Rock – that is one thirds part of way to Portsmouth and the one hour didn't pass yet. The Correlation of elements in the map and in the life doesn't cease to wonder me: it's so small island!
Next part of the way I got over with strange taxi-driver, who inquired 40 Eastern Caribbean dollars (EC) at the beginning and when I told him that half of way I paid just 2 EC – he was agree to drive me to Salisbury for 2 EC.
In next thirty minutes of the way I noticed that the locality had changed: palms was hidden, plants rarely somewhere, but passing several towns, which disposed long the coast, my darkness driver told me that place have nice beaches and I was agree with him. The sand shore attracted especially in such hot day, at time around 12-13 o'clock.
Written 23 May, 2003
Posted 20 April, 2006
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