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“¡Guate, Guate, Guate!”

Gaudily painted bus in Antigua Guatemala

Gaudily painted bus in Antigua Guatemala

The conductor bellowed out the bus’s destination for Guatemala City, trying, through sheer volume and enthusiasm, to lure a few more passengers aboard before the gaudily painted vehicle roared out of town on a cloud of diesel exhaust. The ambient noise and bustle did make shouting required, and with the noxious exhaust clouds people weren’t hanging around in this place for fun, but nobody was tempted aboard this time, so the guy(1) swung aboard as the driver pulled the bus away on its journey along winding mountain roads.

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