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No matter how long you plan to be in the Holy Land, the necessity of getting from one spot to another, or dragg- ing several kilos of groceries from one store to home, will make reliance on some sort of public transport inevitable. Bus rides and taxi journeys are equally thrilling, yet each has its individual distinctive qualities and ambiance, so that comparison of the two is not really fair. The challenge of the bus journey begins even before you board. As you join the writhing, jostling masses pushing to be first in line, you may get some idea_ of what awaits you. The only advan- tage of getting on early that I can think of is getting a seat. In general, people give up their seats only for other riders who are clearly 1) over 96 years old or 2) in their last two days of pregnancy. As not all buses are air- conditioned, the cruse of massed bodies inside can make a bus ride moderately to severely uncomfrotable. During one particularly hot spell in the winter, one well- meaning passenger tried to open a window to let a little air in. A middle-aged women in the crowd adamantly refus- ed to allow him this privilege, pointing out that "but this is February," even if it happen- ed to be 90 degrees outside. The driver's attitude and on-board entertainment are as informal as the decor. Don't be shocked by your first glimpse of a driver decked out in shorts, undershirt and san- dals. After all, it's hot for him, too. Entertainment during your journey may be provided by either the driver's bored kids, who are spending vaca- tion cooped up on daddy's bus, or more usually by some music program on Israel Radio that happens to suit the driver's fancy. I shall forever associate Frank Sinatra's version of "Love and Marriage" with a particular stretch of grazing land out- side of Rehovot. Once a big, lumbering bus gets going with a noisy shift of gears, its maneuverability and speed will amaze you. One never fails to be awed by the fact that narrow byways dating from the Ottoman Em- pire and meant to be travers- ed by donkeys are driven down at 60 miles per hour by some nonchalant Egged bus driver. The speed on a thorough- fare is one thing, but round- ing curves is another. There is one narrow alleyway in Jerusalem's Old City that is just barely wide enough to ac- commodate one fully loaded camel (two humps). For some reason, it is at just this point in the route that bus drivers traditionally gun their engines and proceed at full speed. You wait for the sound of metal scraping cobblestone, but miraculously, this does not occur — usually, anyhow. Veteran pedestrians in the vicinity quickly learn at the first sound of a diesel engine to flatten themselves against the walls of adjacent buildings and suck in those protruding pot bellies. It's a toss-up as to who is worse off — the pedestrian or the bus passenger who's try- ing to tote his shoping home. Passengers' cargoes in Israel have more character and