Pearls from Guatemala...if you ever come here. #2

Chicken buses ...they're the only way to travel in Guatemala.

On the one hand, they are reminiscent of your days in elementary school when you rode the bus (because they really are old US school buses). On the other hand, the bus driver never filled the bus beyond capacity. And when I say "beyond capacity" I mean every single nook and cranny that will maintain life is supplanted with a human being. This means you become much too intimate with everyone around you.

However, they are colorful and cheap and get you where you need to go. And I've never seen a single chicken on one.