Colorful chicken bus stamp from Guatemala
Here’s an unusual and interesting bird’s eye view of the typical public transit bus which is used in most of Guatemala. In …
Guatemalan Chicken Bus Kitsch
I am truly convinced that Guatemalans can not do anything in a mild, neutral, gray manner. Guatemala is a country of extremes …
Colorful Public Social Transit Bus
These colorful public transit buses are just another way Guatemalans recycle the junk from the U.S. and Canada. Of course, we live …
Chicken Bus Chronicles: El Ayudante
Ayudante is title for the guy in the orange shirt. El ayudante, the helper or assistant has in reality many jobs and …
Chicken Bus Chronicles: The Groceries
Sometimes things are so obvious that one doesn’t mull over them; that’s the way things are and you accept it. While taking …
Chicken Bus Chronicles: DVD Players
The world infamous chicken bus reinvents itself again. The chicken bus that was born out of a retired school bus from our …
Chicken Bus and the Driver’s Assistant
Guate, Guate, Guate… vamos vaciooossss!
That is what you hear the chicken bus driver’s helper yell out as the omnibus makes its way back into Guatemala City. But there are all kinds of yellings: Antigua, Antigua, Chimal, Chimal, Chichi, Chichi, Xela, Xela and so on.
Guate, Guate, Guate… vamos vaciooossss! Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala, we are empty is what the driver’s ayudante (helper) would yell out if they are full, like this.
Antigua’s Public Transportation
These buses are known are chicken buses on most travel guides. They make a great postcard and if you ride them, they …