The Bus of bizare happenings...

Lady on the bus--story to follow:)

I don't think I'll ever really be able to convey the hilariousness of The Bus. We've had the most interesting and comical experiences riding the bus here--many that we'll never forget I'm sure. Just for our documentation, the road that goes around the island is Kamehameha whether you take the 55 or the 52 and we hear it through the speakers on the bus each day. A couple of days ago, we were riding the bus to get a shave ice at Aoki's. A few minutes after getting on the bus, a lady walks on (which is the one in the photo above--Shellee was awesome and snapped a shot on her phone) who seemed a little off, but normal I thought. Woah! Not normal! She had been chatting with a guy who also boarded the bus so we thought that they knew each other and were just having a casual conversation. A minute later, I noticed that the guy smiled, almost as if he were laughing at her. We soon discovered that he didn't know the lady at all and she was just rambling on to anyone who would listen to her. I thought I'd be nice and smile at her, but soon started darting my eyes away trying to avoid eye contact with her. She talked about everything under the sun from tsunami's to all kinds of things that we couldn't pick up. Oh, in the whole 20 minute ride, she didn't stop talking even once and it was quite hilarious to listen to her because she'd talk normal and then go into fits of mumbling and slurring words. We got giggling and soon we just couldn't even get it under control as she leans over to a little old lady next to her and starts chatting and laughing at herself. Now that wouldn't be so weird except that the little old lady was asleep--like dead asleep! She wasn't acknowledging that the lady was talking in any way, shape or form!

You'd think that the story couldn't get any more colorful than that, but oh it does! We made another stop where two younger guys (like maybe 17 or 18?) got on and started putting their money through the machine. All of a sudden there was quite a nasty smell, almost like the smell of a cigarette, but not quite, that traveled throughout the bus. The bus driver immediately said, "WHEW! You smokin' weed? Holy ****(S word), I'm allergic to that stuff!" Everyone on the bus erupted into fits of laughter everywhere! I thought I was going to fall off my chair from laughing so hard! Once the guys had sat down, the bus driver came on the speaker and said, "If you guys have weed, you better stash it or I'll call the HPD and they can take care of it for you." Oh we laughed our heads off and soon after arrived at our stop where we exited the bus and laughed hysterically at the incident we were so privileged to have. Hahaha, oh it was a riot!

We got our shave ice (I got my usual flavor; half mango, half lilikoi with ice cream), then got back on the bus and headed home. We decided to go swimming that night, then made dinner and watched Gilmore Girls. We love this life of relaxation and no schedules!