AN MTA STORY FROM RIO DE JANERIO...WE TOOK A 15 MINUTE ONIBUS #179 RIDE TO BARRA SHOPPING, THE LARGEST MALL IN LATIN AMERICA! AFTER SOME GOOD EXERCISE WALKING KILOMETERS AROUND THE MALL AND A GELATO WE HEADED BACK TO BARRA DA TIJUCA. HOPPED ON #179 BUT IT DID NOT RETURN TO THE BEACH! WE HAD NO IDEA EVEN IN WHAT DIRECTION WE WERE HEADED! AFTER AN HOUR OR SO, ALL THE PEOPLE HAD GOTTEN OFF AND THE BUS DRIVER GESTURED TO US TO GET OFF THE BUS! WE WERE IN A VERY DUSTY, DIRTY PART OF TOWN...SOMEWHERE? WE WROTE DOWN WHERE WE WANTED TO GO, THE DRIVER TOOK US TO HIS SUPERVISOR...TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, AFTER TWO TRANSFERS, ANOTHER HOUR,, WITHOUT US PAYING ANOTHER REAL WE FINALLY MADE IT BACK NEAR NIGHTFALL TO OUR BEACH WHERE WE TOOK A LONG WALK GIGGLING AND SINGING ABOUT OUR ESCAPADE ALL THE WAY!
CAN YOU HEAR US? " DID HE EVER RETURN, NO HE NEVER RETURNED AND HIS FATE IS STILL UNLEARNED!" OH, THAT I COULD PAINT THIS OCEAN!
