Saturday, April 25, 2009

Bus Plunges Kills 5 Britons in Ecuador

"Bus plunge stories are a journalism phenomenon of reporting passenger bus mishaps in short articles that invariably describe the bus as "plunging" from a bridge or hillside road." From Wikipedia. I was first alerted to the official Bus Plunge site by ye ole Travel Burro many moons ago, devoted just to buses plunging off of steep hills or roads, like the most dangerous road in the world in Bolivia - La Yunga.

Last week, five young Brits were tragically killed when a beer truck smashed into their bus and knocked it sideways. Accidents do happen and they happen here in Ecuador. Glad I'm off to the Amazon by PLANE!

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