{"id":6801,"date":"2013-02-11T12:09:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=6801"},"modified":"2016-05-05T11:14:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T16:14:13","slug":"colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian Cultural Treasures: The Chicken Bus."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re up for a little adventure at any time, and in most any part of Colombia, the cheapest and most reliable option is what Sarah gloriously calls Chicken buses &#8211; the little <em>Collectivos<\/em> that go anywhere and everywhere. Here are some of their most distinctive features:<\/p>\n<p>* The first thing to do is to take yourself to the appopriate street (ask a local), and start peering desperately at the traffic, looking for your destination on the tiny, yet aesthecially pleasing, signs on the windshield.<\/p>\n<p>* Once you&#8217;re aboard, drop your change (generally a fairly competitive $COP 1,500) into the hole in the window, and marvel at how the driver juggles driving, taking fares, giving change, and singing along to his salsa.<\/p>\n<p>*If it&#8217;s a packed bus, you could be lucky enough to get on at the back door, and watch community in motion as fares are passed from the back of the bus to the front, and then change from the front to the back.<\/p>\n<p>* You&#8217;ll probably make a friend or two. The sense of adventure generated by these little vehicles of joy brings people of all colours, codes and creeds together in a tight little temporary commuting community. Kindly folks sitting down will even hold your stuff for you while you&#8217;re standing up. Let them. Chicken buses are a world singing in perfect harmony. And it&#8217;s probably a salsa song.<\/p>\n<p>Paul G.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re up for a little adventure at any time, and in most any part of Colombia, the cheapest and most reliable option is what Sarah gloriously calls Chicken buses &#8211; the little Collectivos that go anywhere and everywhere. Here are some of their most distinctive features: * The first thing to do is to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":6802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[71,66,110],"tags":[58,37],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.4 (Yoast SEO v18.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colombian Cultural Treasures: The Chicken Bus. - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colombian Cultural Treasures: The Chicken Bus.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you&#8217;re up for a little adventure at any time, and in most any part of Colombia, the cheapest and most reliable option is what Sarah gloriously calls Chicken buses &#8211; the little Collectivos that go anywhere and everywhere. Here are some of their most distinctive features: * The first thing to do is to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-11T17:09:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-05T16:14:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/chicken-bus-e1360602224633.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3215\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1950\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Giles\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel\",\"description\":\"Colombia Travel Blog: An international perspective on travelling in Colombia by world travellers.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/chicken-bus-e1360602224633.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/chicken-bus-e1360602224633.jpeg\",\"width\":3215,\"height\":1950},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/\",\"name\":\"Colombian Cultural Treasures: The Chicken Bus. - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-11T17:09:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-05T16:14:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f098b05903adc07063c4bb549f28cb76\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Colombian Cultural Treasures: The Chicken Bus.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f098b05903adc07063c4bb549f28cb76\",\"name\":\"Paul Giles\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/042160c2ae3957c1811b809f45cfe0c6?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/042160c2ae3957c1811b809f45cfe0c6?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Giles\"},\"description\":\"Hi my name is Paul Giles and I'm one of See Colombia's Travel Writers. I must say that it\u00b4s a bit of a happy accident that I\u2019ve found myself here at all. After flitting back and forth between Australia and Asia for a few years, I felt the South American continent calling me. I thought I\u00b4d end up in Argentina or somewhere, but ever since I\u00b4ve made it to Colombia, good things just seem to manifest themselves before my eyes. Whether it is the funky, slightly grungy energy of the capital, Bogota; the steamy sass of Cartegena; the Carribean beauty of Tayrona; or the jaw-dropping gorgeousness of the coffee region; I\u2019ve found it difficult not to fall in love with the country and its people. As for myself, I\u00b4m passionate about a number of things; travel (duh), poetry, food, good drinks, and ridiculous clothing. And, from what I\u00b4ve seen so far, I\u00b4m confident Colombia is a peculiarly amenable environment to sustain and develop such passions.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.mrgiles.blogspot.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/author\/paul-giles\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Colombian Cultural Treasures: The Chicken Bus. - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Colombian Cultural Treasures: The Chicken Bus.","og_description":"If you&#8217;re up for a little adventure at any time, and in most any part of Colombia, the cheapest and most reliable option is what Sarah gloriously calls Chicken buses &#8211; the little Collectivos that go anywhere and everywhere. Here are some of their most distinctive features: * The first thing to do is to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/","og_site_name":"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","article_published_time":"2013-02-11T17:09:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-05-05T16:14:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":3215,"height":1950,"url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/chicken-bus-e1360602224633.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Giles","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/","name":"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","description":"Colombia Travel Blog: An international perspective on travelling in Colombia by world travellers.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/chicken-bus-e1360602224633.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/chicken-bus-e1360602224633.jpeg","width":3215,"height":1950},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/","name":"Colombian Cultural Treasures: The Chicken Bus. - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2013-02-11T17:09:27+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-05T16:14:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f098b05903adc07063c4bb549f28cb76"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/02\/colombian-cultural-treasures-the-chicken-bus\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Colombian Cultural Treasures: The Chicken Bus."}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f098b05903adc07063c4bb549f28cb76","name":"Paul Giles","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/042160c2ae3957c1811b809f45cfe0c6?s=96&d=retro&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/042160c2ae3957c1811b809f45cfe0c6?s=96&d=retro&r=g","caption":"Paul Giles"},"description":"Hi my name is Paul Giles and I'm one of See Colombia's Travel Writers. I must say that it\u00b4s a bit of a happy accident that I\u2019ve found myself here at all. After flitting back and forth between Australia and Asia for a few years, I felt the South American continent calling me. I thought I\u00b4d end up in Argentina or somewhere, but ever since I\u00b4ve made it to Colombia, good things just seem to manifest themselves before my eyes. Whether it is the funky, slightly grungy energy of the capital, Bogota; the steamy sass of Cartegena; the Carribean beauty of Tayrona; or the jaw-dropping gorgeousness of the coffee region; I\u2019ve found it difficult not to fall in love with the country and its people. As for myself, I\u00b4m passionate about a number of things; travel (duh), poetry, food, good drinks, and ridiculous clothing. And, from what I\u00b4ve seen so far, I\u00b4m confident Colombia is a peculiarly amenable environment to sustain and develop such passions.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.mrgiles.blogspot.com"],"url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/author\/paul-giles\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6801"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6808,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6801\/revisions\/6808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}