11:00AM
On the bus, its Sunday morning, the exhibit might be a contest for engineering projects, and we aren’t at all prepared, I hope the guy from PR is wrong.
1:00PM
Had a shawurma with cream of garlic, not the best choice for the road, thank god for chiclettes.
Haider is trying to install SQL Server 2005, but its requesting the Windows installer be updated, I think we’re screwed.
Lets make this blog about transportation in Syria, tips for the inexperienced:
1. Do your best to either catch the ‘Express Tours’ VIP bus, it comes with a small LCD, leather seats, and is reasonably more expensive, four hours on a bus shouldn’t be taken lightly.
2. Do not make eye contact with the hollaring dudes on either side of the Bus station sidewalk. If forced to respond to one, raise eyebrows without looking surprised, it means no.
3. If eye contact the hollaring dudes is unavoidable: Do not trust them, they all lie, and will sell their Momma’s to get you on their company’s bus.
4. When you arrive at the rest station, do not order anything that is not wrapped and sealed, avoid buying anything unnecessary, because everything is either twice or more expensive than if you had gotten it from the city.
5. Don’t forget your walkmans and iPods, the trip movie is most likely an Egyptian version of some famous movie (arabic ofcourse). A book would do you well, but the iPod is to fade out the distraction.
6. We will have a special blog the next time I travel to sham about each company and the quality of their buses.
That was all I came up with on the bus…
thanx for dropping by.
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lol, I had a good laugh after reading the bus-station section!
I always take the road after entering the station, eyes looking down, trying to look distracted with my mobile in hand.
It’s really wise NOT to talk to the hollering guys, they’ll get you on a bus that takes about 6 hours to reach Damascus, it will stop in every city on the road.
Thanks for the heads-up. I’m looking forward to that special transportation blog!