Back to School
School started back up February 1 st and I’m back on my Monday through Wednesday 8-4 schedule. As of late I am a much more experienced Paraguayan and finally have my bearings. I have little trouble with the bus now and know the route like the back of my hand. Though it is still an inconsistent system (there are no bus stops here, you just hop on or off anywhere along the route, there is no set schedule, and sometimes the driver just decides he doesn’t want to stop for you) so the commute takes somewhere between 55 minutes and an hour and a half and there is no way to predict which. I have learned to get on the bus at a stoplight so I can jump on even if the driver doesn’t stop for me. If I am lucky, I spend the first 15 minutes of the ride hanging out the front door (I mean that very literally). If I am not lucky, I spend those minutes wedged body to body between other people in the entryway of the bus that couldn’t possibly fit more people in it. Half an hour into the rid
