Chicken Bus Chronicles: Crossing the Border from Honduras to El Salvador

[gtaichung]

Took the good bus on this trip, but we've taken lots of the kind in this video too. I gotta say about the people in Central america....they can fix anything. lol

[umarket]

@gtaichung I didn't know they offered a "good bus" option for this trip!

[gtaichung]

@umarket Sorry misread your description. We took the Tica bus From San Salvador through Honduras to NIcaragua, it was 30$.

[umarket]

@gtaichung I see.  No worries. Border crossings are fun no matter where and which one.

[Yenypm]

Hahaha. I had many of those road trips, since I'm from El Salvador. Thanks for checking out my country. Did you guys make it to the city?

[umarket]

@Yenypm Cool. We had a couple of meals in San Salvador and poked around, but didn't stay overnight. No need to thank us. We're glad we went.  Good people, El Salvador. By the way, Google "images of today's el salvador". The first entry should be an article that we wrote on our website Uncornered Market about El Salvador. I think you might like it.

[chepe371]

@umarket *whiteboyvoice* "oh and the rancherass are back on, thats bus fixin music if iver ever heard it" ahahaha ah man i miss my country.

[GregLA818]

Like it how the guys were able to fix the bus right on the road without having to take it to a mechanic or something. Overall enjoyed the video, thanks for posting. It truly gives me the feel of how people in Central America cope with every day situations they encounter.

[umarket]

@GregLA818 Glad you enjoyed it. The whole situation was simple, yet incredible. Everyday sort of breakdown, then tying up the suspension with chunks of wood and chains. Fortunately, most of the buses we took in Central America, while crumbling, didn't actually break down.

[MARIOlS23]

cool video!

[umarket]

@MARIOlS23 Glad you liked it! It was quite a journey.

[javi111276]

The blue shirt guy says "are you sure this is good" as he touches the tire and the other guys responds "it can't be better"

Riding those buses is more dangerous than visiting a bad neighborhood in San Pedro Sula

[umarket]

@javi111276 Now that's perspective...and funny. We tend to take the fatalist approach to these sorts of things, chicken buses included.

[bikemtn]

so where are the chickens? I don't understand why they call it a chicken bus if there is not one single chicken inside the bus. what is the story behind the chicken

[umarket]

@bikemtn It's all marketing ;)

Actually, we've been on plenty of buses with chickens, goats, and pigs. I also think it's called "chicken" because when you find yourself traveling on one, it feels like the driver is playing chicken with all the other vehicles on the road.

[bikemtn]

@umarket aww man, I bet that's scary. I saw a documentary, those who do ice road truckers, and they went to india to drive on one of the dengerous roads to pick up loads and drop them off at the top of this huge mountain and one of the truck drivers really hated the bus drivers, he said he wanted to punch them LOL

[JUANCAMILOV]

Hola quiero saber algo...

He pasado muchas fronteras terrestres en Sur América y jamás he pagado absolutamente nada en las oficinas de migración tanto para ingresar como para salir... entre Honduras y El Salvador se debe pagar algo así uno mismo haga el procedimiento, es decir, uno se baje del bus y directamente entregue el pasaporte ante la autoridad de migración? La misma pregunta para la frontera entre El Salvador y Guatemala.

Soy de Medellín, Colombia.

Gracias!

[umarket]

@JUANCAMILOV No es necesario pagar cualquier cosa en la frontera entre Honduras y El Salvador. (En Perquin, no había frontera.) Para más información, vaya por favor a nuestro sitio de web Uncornered Market y busque "Honduras El Salvador border"

Buena suerte!

[patepluma23]

eso grigo se caga reiendose de nosotros jajaja asi somos los catracho

[olica95]

jajajaja

next time spend more money on bus tikets. jajajjaaj