THE LONGEST BUS RIDE IN THE WORLD

two sleepy gringas got up early the next day eager to enter brasil, where awaiting one of them (la rubia) would be her pololo y a bunch of his insane chilean buddies...so they hopped on a bus with all thier heavy gear and rode over the border to the argentinian immigration where they waited in line with all this gear attached to get they passports stamped, then they emerged and got on the same bus which took them further to the brazilian immigration where again they waited in line with much heavy stuff for a stamping of a passport, this time they also had to wait for the next bus to take them into iguazu the brasil side which is spelled with the c plus squiggly i dunno how to make...
in iguazu the brazil side they were directed to a local bus depot where a bus could be found to take them to intl bus depot...again with the waiting...
at the intl bus depot they bought tickets to florianopolis and sat around waiting for about two and a half hours for this bus to leave...
this was indeed what would later be known as THE LONGEST BUS RIDE IN THE WORLD...the two gringas found themselves seated in the very back right behind THE LOUDEST BABIES IN THE WORLD and right next to THE STINKIEST BUS BATHROOM IN THE WORLD which boasted a door that stuck so much these gringos were repeatedly required to help smaller passengers open it, and the gringa nearer the door (la rubia otra vez) was often struck when the panicky passenger shoved from the inside trying to open the door...the smell of which continually wafted out to distract said gringas from the continual crying of not one but two babies seated seperately but directly in front of them, in addition they had little leg space, the lights never all went off and the ride was bumpy as hell...during the long night neither gringa slept much...they traded the discman back and forth as the only effective method of blocking out THE LOUDEST BABIES IN THE WORLD and one found herself having lost her water bottle at some point and totally dehydrated, crawling through the aisle with a flashlight searching beneath every seat for her water while the other vainly attempted to sleep...
finally after an evening, night and morning of this hell the gringas arrived in florianopolis where an atm that doesnt like gringas forced them to lug aformentioned heavy shit to a gas station down the road and then asking for directions in spanish and getting a mixture of portugese and english in response they finally located the bus station where they could catch a bus to the beach where the chileno group awaited them...this bus, to thier surprise and dismay, actually consisted of two buses and the exhaustion of getting directions in portugese nearly defeated our fair heroes at this point, but the blonde fought back with superhuman strength taking mime and charades and asking for directions in spanish recieving response in portugese to a whole new level...tracking down the appropriate bus and saving the day...
at long last and after two days of near continuous bus and baggage lugging these gringas found thier way to their speaking spanish fluently and ok with response in portugese friends, and they put down they fuckin bags...