Cape Town is not known for its great public transportation system, so to get downtown this weekend, my roommates and I took a mini-bus. A mini-bus is usually an old van which seats about 10 people, you just hail it as it passes and then squeeze on. There is one guy who drives, and another who takes your money and yells out the window to attract more people. I've been on a mini-bus a couple times, but my most recent ride was by far the most exciting.
We were traveling along Main Road, when there was a sort of "bang" on the side of the van. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but either I think another mini-bus side swiped us or we hit another mini-bus. Well, the money collector was not pleased and so he was yelling out the window at the other van. To make matters more intense, he reaches over towards where my broken foot is lying and grabs what looks a lot like a police officer's night stick. As, the guy is waving this out the window to threaten the other driver--I was trying not to look back at my roommates who were all sitting at the back of the bus away from me. The night stick seemed to do the trick, because after our show of force, the other mini-bus left ours alone. I think this is the closest I've ever come a movie inspired chase scene.
While all this was going on, my roommate Abby, was really enjoying the music. As we were finally departing the van (glad to be on solid ground), she starts asking the driver where he got this great clubbing music. Turns out, that its pretty hard to find, so he sold it to her right there! At least we got some good music out of the ride...
Nothing as exciting happened the rest of the day although we did enjoy some shopping and an afternoon at the beach.
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