After three years of studying here, we havelearnt to tolerate the fact that in Guangzhou, takinga bus is not a piece of cake. We may have to waithalf an hour for a delayed bus or endure a crammedand stunk carriage. We would also be stolen if wewere not on the alert for pickpockets or get off at awrong stop supposing we were not paying enoughattention to the announcements. However, there israre chance that everything chooses to go wrong onone trip, yet I was the very lucky one when I firsttook a bus in this city.