On the Bus

I am on the bus going down to Antofagasta from Paranal. The bus still feels stuffy; it sits out in the desert sun before we leave heating it up like some sweat box from a WWII film. This heat I don't like.

The driver is obviously Chilean, his music tastes colllide rather jarringly with mine. At the moment he is blasting throughout the bus some Luis Miguel faker, which sound worse than the real Luis (if that is possible.) I am trying to drown this out witht he Chemical Brothers, but not to much avail.

None of these things improve my state of mind. Look out the window and there is nothing pleasant to the English eye, just browns in their infinite color schemes. Yes the desert is impressive, but only for a vacation. Don't forget your sun tan cream.

So I write these words, trying to take my mind off the here and now, by writing about it. Does it make sense? Well it's cheaper than therapy, and as I write the miles, sorry, kilometres, sorry, kilometers roll past, the brown. Taking me closer to my loved one.

Each click is taking me closer to my wife and our unborn child, in tow. How I love them both.

Thinking of them; that is something new, the 'them' part, makes me feel better, the bus is finally cooling to a more temperate temperature, one of the Chemical Brothers' better song is ringing in my ears - The State Of Us. Now if I could just convert the driver!

We have almost made it to the Pan-American highway, Route 5 as it is also known. The bumping and shaking stops. I start to feel closer to home now.

Posted by iwsmith at November 4, 2003 02:16 AM

Comments

Aunque no pareciera que no hay nada para mirar... siempre hay algo nuevo que observar. Esas roca eternas bajo el sol imperdonable de cada día, las figuras que se forman con las sombras, los colores de los cerros...Te lo dice una nortina.

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