Choque del dia III.

Another post focused on the special situations you should count with when coming to Central America:

• Bus schedules - it was more culture shock for them than for me, but I was also surprised, when I was explaining them the bus schedule in Europe - that you have exact minutes in hour, when the bus is supposed to come, and that it actually comes at that time (+/- few minutes). Here you come to the bus stop and wait - you never know, how long will you wait, but usually it is not much, the busses are coming very often, sometimes it happens, that few busses come at once.
• Hola vs. Chao - when you meet somebody, you greet him "Hola", and when you are leaving or someone else is leaving, you are using "Chao". This is a bit difficult for me, as I am used to our "Čau" and I am using it in both occasions - so I usually create lot of confusions among people, when I meet them and tell them good-bye...
• Street sellers - as in Czech Republic and Slovakia also here are sellers present at crossroads. It is usual to see people selling newspaper to car drivers, who are waiting in traffic jam or at the traffic lights. Also very often (and this I see as practical as well) they sell the pre-paid cards for mobile phones. But do you think someone can earn some money selling maps of world at crossroads?