Comments on: Chicken Bus Chronicles: DVD Players

By: A Weekend At the Ruins With the Family | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo

A Weekend At the Ruins With the Family | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:22:40 +0000

[...] to spend some quality time with the family. The best things in life are free or nearly free as Claudia said it, “… simple times, simple pleasures, family, friends, nature… ” feel her [...]

By: Rudy Girón

Rudy Girón — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:50:11 +0000

@Claudia, I wish you a very happy birthday surrounded with all your loved ones. By the way, your comment pointed me towards a photo I had taken the previous weekend as the next daily photo. Once you look at the entry for November 22, you may agree that, I think, I almost captured the essence of your comment.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:59:18 +0000

Oh Rudy how this pic fills me with endless nostalgia. That lady’s face could be my grandmother. Tomorrow is my birthday, yet another one away from the land of my heart. Please don’t misunderstand for I love what living in the US has provided me, it is a wonderful country with endless opportunities, but to me Guate and seeing pictures reminds me of simple times, simple pleasures, family, friends, nature, my heart will always be divided. Yet for everything I have here in the states, I feel were I to return I don’t know that it would be to the Guate I left, Gosh how I would love for time to have stopped and have Guate preserved just as I remember, though selfish on my behalf I could not think of a better time to return. Now if I could only make a living down there . . .that’s another story.

By: Raquel

Raquel — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:15:46 +0000

I agree with janna…some how a DVD player on the chicken bus just seems contrary…

By: LUIS TORIBIO

LUIS TORIBIO — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:23:44 +0000

EL DIARIO VIVIR EN UN COLECTIVO, ME ENCANTA ESTA FOTOGRAFÍA…
¨LA CAMIONETA¨ FELICITACIONES AL WEBMASTER.

By: janna

janna — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:08:34 +0000

It’s kind of a shame to have the DVD player on board, when the best action is watching the ayudante duck in and out of the door and whistle at the other buses, and climb around on the roof, all while flying along at 70 MPH. Plus, I’d rather listen to some reggaeton or ranchera music blasting out of the CD player to help ease that feeling that a fiery death is imminent at every turn. Plus, I don’t like how the screen covers up the bendición. No sir, I don’t like it! I do like the photo, however

By: Lessie

Lessie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:12:25 +0000

I love her face! Great commentary on “technological” changes!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:07:18 +0000

The most shocking part about the chicken bus (to me), is not the fact that 3 large adults sit in one seat, or that chickens also enjoy the chicken bus, but that people stand in the doorways holding on for dear life while the buses whip around Guatemala.