Improv Adventure - Always Another Bus... and maybe two taxis

The philosophy I've developed from traveling in Costa Rica: There's always another bus.  Sometimes, however, this bus may be a little bit more challenging to get to.  It may require a colectivo that takes you to the wrong deserted bus station and then it may lead to you negotiating with a taxi driver and taking to that taxi driver's brother on the phone while he drives you and your adolescent improv troupe that has exams the next day and parents awaiting them to the correct bus stop 20 minutes away. 

It may involve having that taxi pull up and block the last bus heading home that night before it pulls out of the rest stop.  Then, you might be fortunate that there is room on that bus that's actually direct and not permited to take on new passengers. 

You may thank yourself for stuffing extra money in your purse that morning with the foresight "in case of emergency" and feel glad that not more of your troupe came to the show.  You'll definitely never be happier to be on a bus home. 

There's always another bus, but nobody said it would be easy to catch.