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13 Wild Things That Happen When You Take The Bus In Lebanon

The wheels on the bus go up and down.

1. Your commute is bound to take 20 hours longer than it would have had you walked.

2. At one point or another, the driver will swerve towards a potential passenger, causing you to fly into a strangers lap.

3. You will be exposed to a plethora of the finest dabke music Lebanon has to offer from jenno w notto to tirashrash.

4. You will be able to deduce the driver’s entire life story from the multiple arguments he has over the phone.

5. There are always a couple of confused foreigners who don’t know what they’ve gotten themselves into, and are constantly checking for a bus map or PA system – only to find nothing at all.

6. The driver will try his best to dodge checkpoints, making you wonder what he’s hiding and whether or not you can afford a lawyer at this point in your life.

7. There’ll always be that one passenger who smokes an entire pack of cigarettes over the span of 20-minutes, and no, death glares do not work on him/her.

8. As opposed to the school bus, the back of the bus is not so much for cool kids as much as it is for creepers.

9. Your driver will drive at a turtle pace in order to pick up as many passengers as possible, he’ll even stop for people who clearly aren’t waiting for the bus.

10. Speaking of maximizing passengers, your driver will weave through every single road and street in Lebanon.

11. Even after the bus is completely full, the driver will keep loading on the passengers so you’re bound to end up with some delightful person sitting atop your shoulders.