http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/06/21/unnerving-bus-trips-south-of-the-border/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:42:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/06/21/unnerving-bus-trips-south-of-the-border/comment-page-1/#comment-43305 Ben Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:34:10 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=7677#comment-43305 I've had a few scary bus rides like that, once on the way to Florence, Italy and once in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. And also in the car with my dad driving on the road to Hana, Hawaii. It's a helpless kind of feeling, my life held firmly in the driver's hands. Though I'm always surprised how soon the initial fears and worry subside, and I resign myself to the near certainty that I am going to die a spectacular death tumbling down a mountainside. I’ve had a few scary bus rides like that, once on the way to Florence, Italy and once in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. And also in the car with my dad driving on the road to Hana, Hawaii. It’s a helpless kind of feeling, my life held firmly in the driver’s hands. Though I’m always surprised how soon the initial fears and worry subside, and I resign myself to the near certainty that I am going to die a spectacular death tumbling down a mountainside.

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