driving carefully?

well, i think we were. not sure actually, i was asleep on the ride home, and only hope the driver was not. whatever the case, we still ended up with a flat front right.

after we assisted the driver in finding the tire iron, complete with persuasion bar, we found ourselves in a bit of a jam, as there was no jack, and attempts to even loosen the lug nuts resulted in a bent cheater pipe.

so, the driver flagged down the next bus headed the other way, jumped on, and left us at the side of the road for an hour to serve as the local spectacle for motorists. thankfully, we had some translators on the bus to explain he was headed to the nearest garage, as we initially figured he had thrown in the towel on us.

the driver returned with a shirtless/shoeless baby huey, a large truck jack, and a 4.5 m cheater pipe, all riding on a motorbike. thirty minutes later we were on our way.