A Mexican YouTuber Discovers Chicken Buses

I came across this great video by Luisito Comunica. He is Mexico's second-largest Youtuber with 35.2 million subscribers. 😲 He visited Guatemala in 2019 and recorded his "mind-blowing" discovery of chicken buses, the proper name being autobuses extraurbanos (intra-city buses) but what Guatemalans commonly call camionetas or burras (female donkeys). His rapid Spanish is quite a challenge but it's fun to see his delighted expression as he learns about these cool refurbished American school buses.

He talks about all the regular chicken bus facts that I've come to learn first-hand...

The buses are old school buses from the States that have been pimped out.

They go really really REALLY fast.

The put three people per seat on each side plus one person standing in the middle.

The helper climbs all over the bus while it is moving. 

And they're a super cheap way to get from city to city around Guatemala. 

For another fun video from Luisito's visit to Guatemala, click here to see him try some street food:

Probando Comida Callejera en Guatemala