The Wheels on the Mattato
I am not drive anymore, but in the last two years I sure have taken a lot of buses.
While living in Toliara there was nowhere to drive to. No one really had cars and it was easy enough to take a pouspous (taxi bike) from house to house. When I wasn't on a pous I often walked. But whenever I needed to go from town to town it was always on a bus. In Mada they call these Bruse. With 4-5 in a row, I learned to pack a pillow, a sack of food and settle in. I found that I loved watching the scenery as I listened to a book on tape. It wasn't a big deal that I wasn't driving.
Here in Kenya, I hardly ever go anywhere off campus by myself. As staff, if we leave campus it's a big deal and, we often do it together. On these occasions-you guessed it-we take a bus. It's kinda funny to be an adult on a school bus whenever we leave campus to go shopping. Can you imagining taking 6 other people with you on a bus every time you go to the store? There are times when I miss the independence of driving myself to the store, but when it's 1.5 hours into town its nice to have a group.
As I continue to consider life here I'll keep you posted, but I hope it get's you thinking as you imagine driving in a bus to the grocery store.
While living in Toliara there was nowhere to drive to. No one really had cars and it was easy enough to take a pouspous (taxi bike) from house to house. When I wasn't on a pous I often walked. But whenever I needed to go from town to town it was always on a bus. In Mada they call these Bruse. With 4-5 in a row, I learned to pack a pillow, a sack of food and settle in. I found that I loved watching the scenery as I listened to a book on tape. It wasn't a big deal that I wasn't driving.
Here in Kenya, I hardly ever go anywhere off campus by myself. As staff, if we leave campus it's a big deal and, we often do it together. On these occasions-you guessed it-we take a bus. It's kinda funny to be an adult on a school bus whenever we leave campus to go shopping. Can you imagining taking 6 other people with you on a bus every time you go to the store? There are times when I miss the independence of driving myself to the store, but when it's 1.5 hours into town its nice to have a group.
As I continue to consider life here I'll keep you posted, but I hope it get's you thinking as you imagine driving in a bus to the grocery store.
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