Santa Marta, Columbia: Mass Transit As New Yorker, I’ve embraced mass transit from the day I was born. My mother even took the train from downtown in the Village to have me at Misericordia Hospital (now Our Lady of Mercy) uptown in the Bronx. Back in the U.S. mass transit is typically in the form of a bus or train. Taxis and Ubur are a bit of a luxury. I save them for late nights out with friends or important meetings where I can look fresh entering that meeting. Sometimes a bus or train ride can rough up a nice suit or tussle my pin-neat hairstyle. Most of Central America offers inexpensive taxis as mass transit for $3-$5 with the exception of Guatemala. Guatemala offers my favorite form of mass transit, the tuk-tuk, which is $2 to go anywhere in the city. Continuing on to South America, my mass transit options broaden. There are taxis, buses, and motor taxis. Buses are really cheap. Chicken buses are cheaper than the bus. For the near the same price as the bus, 60 cents, you can get on the back of a motor bike for a direct ride to your destination. Always on the hunt for the least expensive but most effective mode of travel, I was intrigued by the rumors. There was only one drawback for me, I’m scared to ride anything with a motor on 2 wheels. When I had the opportunity to rent a scooter in Antigua, Guatemala, I passed in favor of using tuk-tuks. In addition to locating awsome places to live abraod, part of my travel mission is to overcome a list. I can finally cross