Embarking on a homeschooling field trip to Central America is stressful enough, but add in perilous bridge crossings, trips to the hospital, and a lack of women’s underwear, and you have the makings of an Adventure by Chicken Bus.
Buckling under a mountain of debt, Janet LoSole and her family are at their wits’ end. Determined to make a drastic change, they sell all worldly possessions and hit the road. With only a few items of clothing, a four-person tent, and little else, the family visits a sleepy island backwater in Costa Rica to save endangered sea turtles. In Panama, they bounce around like turnips in the back of a vegetable truck to reach an isolated monkey sanctuary. In Guatemala, they scale the ancient Mayan temples of Tikal.
In between tales of begging rides from total strangers and sleeping overnight in the jungle with an indigenous family, Janet endorses community-based travel—supporting local businesses and favoring public transportation called chicken buses. She also writes candidly about what it takes to travel long-term with two little girls amid the chaos of border crossings, erratic drivers, and creepy crawlies lurking at the edge of the jungle.
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Summary
From: Carol Pennington
Book Title: Adventure by Chicken Bus
Book Author: Janet LoSole
What do you like about this book:
If you like adventure and travel, you will not want to miss this book. Live vicariously as you backpack through Central America for 18 months with Janet, Lloyd and their two young daughters. You will witness absolutely beautiful scenery, visit both popular and out of the way places, adopt the travel style of the natives, help the environment and learn the language. All on a shoe string budget.
The author has excellent writing skills, so much so that I almost felt as if I were along for the trip. There were places in the journey I laughed so hard I cried. There were also places where my heart skipped a few beats. Oh, and did I mention, she has a great sense of humor! I highly recommend this book.
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