Mersing to Kuala Lumpur (6 hours)

The bus between Kuala Lumpur and Mersing is a 5 hour stretch of road through a bast jungle with an occassional town or shop along the way. Going from Kuala Lumpur to Mersing was fine. I slept the whole time. The ride back, however ... It's a two lane road the whole way, but the bus spends more time in the the middle of both lanes than the one he's supposed to be in. Whenever there is a car in front if him, if he has a chance to pass it, he'll pass it. Even when it's damn near impossible, he'll still pass it. If there are 3 cars, a motorbike, and a truck in front of us, he'll pass them all just barely missing oncoming traffic. The bus we're in is the fastest thing on the road. If you drive slow, you'll know because EVERYONE will pass you. There's no waiting on the road.

At one point, I did manage to fall asleep, but I woke up to a near accident. All I felt was the driver suddenly hit the brakes. When I opened my eyes, I saw us almost smash the small, little, white car in front of us. The driver had to veer off to the side of the road to avoid it.

I'm also starving because I don't want any bowel problems during a 5 hour bus ride.

Right now, we're at a rest stop which looks like Boca del Rio, about double in size. If you're reading this entry, I didn't die ...

... it's been about 2 hours snce we took our break and it started raining really hard. I'm sitting right next to the roof emergency hatch and it's leaking water. Oh, also ... WE ALMOST DIED!!! The driver wasn't paying attention and all the cars were stopped ahead of him so he slammed on the breaks, everone lurched forward, and then he swerved across two lanes, and barely made into the shoulder before he almost hit a car. Josie said in her head I was screaming like a little girl. Everyone on the bus got mad and some of them started yelling at the driver.

We're drivng again, but he's still diving like an &?$@ing maniac! I honestly may die today ...

... nope, didn't die