Date:         Mon, 28 Nov 1994 15:05:01 -0700 (MST)
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From:         Dave Black <dblack@argus.lowell.edu>
Subject:      Re: busses in Chile



On Mon, 28 Nov 1994, John Thrower wrote:

> My significant other just got back from the south side of the world down in 
> Chile and she said that there were VW buses all over the place, including 
> pickups.  Don't know about splitties, though.  She saw some that were used as 
> school buses no less.  The only pictures she brought back were of penguins, 
> mtns and statues, but no buses.
> 
> John   70 bus
> 

I was there last year on business, as well as Brazilia, Brazil.  In Brazilia,
the airport uses brand new busses for everything.  When I de-planed (from
a US Gov't plane; I was working at the airport), the first sight I saw was
6 or so brand new busses sitting all over the place.  Since I was working 
there, I got to talking with one of the airport workers (as best as the 
language barrier would allow!), and he was telling me that there were two
versions of the bus they were using; one was gasoline powered, and one was
propane!  He let me crawl all around, under, and through one.  Sure were
pretty, and all had that new car smell!  I rode around quite a bit in them
as well, and can tell you that they suffer from the same lack of power that
most of us experience in ours!  I took lots and lots of pictures; I don't
have access to a scanner, otherwise I'd share them with everyone.

I didn't get any pictures of penguins, though :-(


Dave
'71 Westfalia & SB