Articles tagged with: boleto
Combi Jargon »
After paying the fare, the cobrador is supposed to give you a boleto, your receipt. Cobradores usually have one of two habits. Some of them charge everyone as soon as possible. In this case you usually get your boleto without having to insist. Other cobradores are rather charging people when they are getting off. In this case you usually don’t get your boleto.
You can typically influence this behavior slightly. For example if you sit near the cobrador in the front of the combi, you can motion to him (or her) that you’d like to pay, without waiting until they bother to collect the money. The big exception to the rule is when you try to pay a china (50 cents). They might accept it, but that virtually always means that it goes into the “black money pocket” and it will not be an official trip and therefore you can practically forget about getting a boleto.
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Connecting Puente Piedra in the north with Villa El Salvador in the south of the city, the Red Line is “El Chino”, the NO01. El Chino is running in light blue buses and it is considered to be the fastest north-south connection along the Panamericana.
El Chino starts in Puente Piedra and is passing through Pro in Los Olivos until reaching the Panamericana Norte. From here it is southbound all the way through Via de Evitamiento and Panamericana Sur until Puente Atocongo. Here El Chino is leaving the Panamericana in order to pass through Villa El Salvador on its way to its end stop at Avenida Lima at the far end of Villa El Salvador on the district limit with Villa Maria.
Combi Jargon »
The cobrador will at some point collect the fares. Usually he will say “pasajes, pasajes” and make some sounds with the coins in his hand. This is the signal to pay your fare.
The best thing to do is pay S./ 1.00 and see what happens. Sometimes they give you the boleto (ticket) straight away. Sometimes they ask where you are going. Other times they say “sol veinte”, meaning you have to pay S./ 0.20 more.
If you are going for a short distance (8 blocks or so), try to get away with paying a china (S./ 0.50) if you can. Warning: this is not easy the first time!
