Free Enterprise
07 July 2010 | Cumana, Venezuela
The buses are efficient and economical. A ride to town is about $.30. In the central part of town the traffic keeps everything moving at a snail's pace. This gives entrepreneurs an opportunity to board the bus, offer things for sale like chocolate bars or cups of sugar cane water and lime, and then step off the bus, while it is still moving.
The bus has designated stops but willingly picks you up along the route. A conductor collects the fare and calls out to potential passengers on the street announcing where the bus is traveling. When you want to get off you yell "parada" and that's where the bus stops.