Sunday, August 7, 2011

From the U.S.A.: "Readers share favorite memories of their days riding the big yellow bus" (islandpacket.com)


Bill Mirabella: Bluffton,Indiana

There were numerous students in our area who had round-trip bus service each day from our church to our high school. One afternoon we experienced an enormous rain storm dropping several inches of rain in a relatively short period of time. Not unusual for that time of the year in northwest Indiana, but because of the amount of rain, there were numerous flooded streets. That’s where the adventure begins. (Read more here.)

Sunday, July 10, 2011

From Montgomery, Wales: "Boy, Two, Takes Lone 24-Mile Bus Journey," by Darren Little for Sky News


A two-year-old boy wearing only his pyjamas and a nappy managed to travel 28 miles on a bus from Wales to England without anyone noticing. (Read more here.)

Saturday, June 25, 2011

From Sint Maarten: "Beware of bus [number given]!" by anonymous via The Daily Herald


Dear Editor,

I was on this bus on the 16th of May; I started from KFC in Cole Bay and ended at 0-14 Kids, so I just went over the hill. There were five other passengers and the bus driver on board. Two of the passengers, apparently not from St. Maarten (foreigners), came off at Kooyman and paid the bus driver $1.00 for the two of them. The driver cursed and said the fee is $2.00 from Simpson Bay to Kooyman, which is true, but he just drove off.

(Read more here.)