The Red Devil

In any other part of the world, the passenger is the person who decides where a taxi should go. Not in Panama: here, the driver decides if he can be bothered taking you. So even though a trip from my home to the office costs about half of what a train trip of twenty minutes would cost in Germany, I have decided to find alternative transport. This is a so-called 'diablo rojo', a red devil which is basically a brightly-coloured old US school bus. It's a bit sweatier and generally more crowded than a taxi, but it does make every trip to work an experience. And the up side is, they can also be used as party busses. Literally. Just take out the seats and put in a bar...