The never ending bus ride

We arrived at Rio de Janeiro bus station at 15:00 and bought a bus ticket to Porto Sagero which is north from Rio. It was not exactly Porto Sagero. It was Eunopis or something like that. 1 hour from Porto Sagero and from there we were suppose to take another bus to Porto Sagero. There were no tickets for the direct bus so we had to take this option that as they told us was suppose to take 16 hours. After waiting at the bus station from 15:00 until 21:00 we got on the bus. That was when the whole adventure started.

We were 9 Israelis on the bus, 1 Argentinean guy and the rest were all locals. As we got on the bus, Hilla and i found out that by mistake we picked the seats that were just next to the toilet. Behind us was a very loud family that i thought were immigrants from another country. They were 4 people occupying 2 seats and were sitting just behind us shouting and kicking the seats all the time. From that time we knew this would be a hell of a bus ride with no sleep at all.



Just 1 and a half hours after our departure, the bus suddenly stopped. There was a problem. The front door of the bus could not be closed. We got to wait 2 hours on the side of the road waiting for another bus to come from Rio. As we all got on the other bus Hilla and i waited to get on last to see what seats were empty so we could sit somewhere else. There were no other seats empty but we were lucky enough to find someone willing to change seats with us. It was not at the other end of the bus but 1 seat away from the ones we sat before. Better than nothing. Later on in the middle of the night, i don't exactly know when cause i was half asleep, the bus stopped for half and hour and 2 cops got on the bus. A routine check i guess. Then they told the Argentinean guy to get off the bus and open his bags. For some reason they thought he was someone they were looking for. Luckily they didn't find anything. He later told us he had 1 joint in his bag.

A few hours later the bus stopped again. There was a car accident in front of us. 2 trucks crashed and the whole road was blocked. We could not believe it. 2 hours of a standstill. When i say standstill i mean the cars where not moving at all. People got off the bus and just sat outside on the side of the road. Only 10 minutes after we got to drive again, our bus stopped for a 40 minute break at a gas station. The bus ride just didn't want to end.

In addition to all that, there was KASSIA, a 7 year old Brazilian girl running back and forth on the bus. Her mom kept on shouting KASSIA, KASSIA STOP but that didn't help. She then threw up on the bus 2 seats away from us. Horrible. She and her small brother wiped everything up and threw it into the toilet your were not suppose to throw paper in and made the whole place look like a mess cause there was no more water to flush.

Later on, after a couple of stops, we found out that the 16 hour ride as we were told was not really 16 hours. No one could tell us exactly how long it would be. We had to find out ourselves.


At 22:00 local time (There was a change in time) we got to Eunopis. From there we took another 1 hour bus ride to Porto Sagero and finally got to our destination after 26 fucking hours.

Today after booking a place to stay in Porto Sagero for the carnaval, we are going to Arraial Dajuda with Ofri and Idan. A place that is suppose to be really good full of good beaches. I hope to write soon so keep checking the site.