To print this page, select "Print" from the File menu of your browser salon.com > Travel April 18, 2000 URL: http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/18/coffin A coffin rides the bus Argentine family takes public transport to cemetery. - - - - - - - - - - - - By J.A. Getzlaff An Argentine bus driver must have received quite a shock when he pulled up at a bus stop to find a family waiting there -- with a coffin. According to a Reuters report, the incident occurred in the Las Flores neighborhood of Santa Fe, located 200 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. Las Flores has a forbidding reputation as a dangerous neighborhood -- and that's exactly why a coffin ended up on a city bus. The coffin, which carried the deceased relative of a family who lives in Las Flores, was to be brought to its final resting place in a local cemetery. But the funeral company that the family hired barred its hearse driver from venturing into the rough-and-tumble neighborhood. That left the family holding the coffin, and they were so furious that they hauled it to a bus stop. When the unsuspecting driver stopped, the relatives pulled the coffin on board, despite the driver's protests. The bus became a temporary hearse, and the coffin made it to its plot in the Las Flores cemetery. No charges were filed against the family. But we wonder: Was the coffin charged full fare? salon.com | April 18, 2000   - - - - - - - - - - - - About the writer J.A. Getzlaff's Daily Planet appears every weekday. Do you have a tip or tale for J.A.? Send it to DailyPlanet@salon.com.