A public bus (guagua) that lacks air conditioning and stops anywhere along its route to pick up or drop off passengers. The conductors often pack these vehicles to capacity to maximize fares. It is a cheaper alternative to express buses, which have air conditioning and make fewer stops. (In the Dominican Republic, a guagua is the standard term for a bus or transport van.)
It is already late and the Expresses are not running anymore, we are going to have to take a caliente.
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Beat-up public minibuses that drive at breakneck speeds, where the fare collector crams people in everywhere, even the trunk. (These privately owned vans are the primary, often chaotic form of transit in the Dominican Republic).
Fare collector: Where you headed? Passenger: To Moca. Fare collector: Get yourself way in the back!
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A public bus driver belonging to a transportation union, known for acting like the road belongs to them and doing whatever they want. (Guagua is the Dominican term for a bus).
Hey babe, come sit right here.
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A private bus used for transporting students (specifically referring to a well-known company in the Dominican Republic notorious for being extremely overcrowded).
You want to be packed in like a sardine? Want people rubbing against you in the heat? Then take a Badias bus.
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A small passenger van that drives at high speed and stops anywhere to pick up or drop off riders. They always blast loud music and are usually pirate buses without official routes. They are run by a shaggy, grumpy driver and a picher (a fare collector who crams passengers inside). (In the Dominican Republic, the name literally means flyer due to how fast they drive).
I am going by voladora because taxis are expensive.
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República Dominicana