I miss the buses
constantly passing and making me feel like there was something enormous going
on. Streets in the US aren't the same. They are sterile, planned.
Obnoxiously accurate turns and angles make the thrill of driving feel like
math.
In Recife they are veins. Full of humans, horses, taxis, buses,
pedestrians, and life, twisting their way through buildings, across bridges,
past beaches, over and near the ocean. Buses give window to an array of human
life, standing. It’s so different to stand as the world flies by. I don’t think
any Americans really know what it’s like to look around as they travel, with no
control, no hand on the steering wheel and no reclined seat.
That said, at least I
don't have to wait 2 hours in traffic anymore :)
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