Encounters on the bus

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Encounters on the bus

Published on Jun 15, 2014

Linde Luyten

About

The bus is the cheapest form of long distance travel. It is also, in general, an uncomfortable, slow and monotonous form of travel. Long periods of time, sometimes more than a day, are spent by people in buses, where the rhythm of the day is determined by the bus company. A big part of your time traveling by bus across countries is spent waiting; waiting for the bus, waiting for the next stop, waiting to reach the final destination of the journey. The roadside landscape passes you by through the window, continuous and repeating itself, like slow-moving frames of a film. All persons traveling on a bus have, the moment they bought the ticket, agreed to the ‘General Conditions of Carriage’. This is a ‘hidden’ document and more often than not the traveller is not aware he or she has agreed to its contents. The document attempts to encompass the entire experience of travelling by bus. All aspects of the experience are translated into rules, responsibilities and obl

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