(Mis) Adventures in the Micro

Hello all!
Frst of all, I am going to explain a bit about the Chilean Micro system( its like MEEcro, not MYcro). It appears at first to be a series of disorganized, "Get em if you can" type of thing, with busses flying by, stopping suddenly (if at all) and weaving in and out of eachother. Every day I go to catch a micro, it is a mystery as to weather or not I will get one that goes to my destination anywhere within 1 to 10 minutes of waiting, checking the number, flagging one down, and finally boarding. Sometimes I will see the bus I need just in time for it to fly past my stop.
Today was one of those days, until I saw (what I thought to be) the right micro. I was running a bit late for class-oh well- and half-heartedly waved my micro down, as I thought for sure it would not cross three lanes of busy traffic in time to pick me up. But, alas, I was wrong, and I happily boarded it about 100 feet away from the stop, where it had nearly sidded to pick me up. Good, I was going to Just be on time for class... Like usual... Then, we turned onto Calle Libertad, which is strange because normally we don´t turn until 5 Norte. O well, says me, This should be close enough. I´m sure we´ll turn eventually onto either 5 Norte or 10 Oriente...
OH NO. We did NOT, in fact, turn on either of those streets. Wat we did do, however, was turn up up up and over the cerros of Viña until we were nearly half way out of town. With each turn in the wrong direction, I kept thinking- Surely we´ll turn around Eventually! But we did not. Before I knew it, I was nearly on my way to Concon, which is another town entirely! After explaining to the bus driver that I needed to go back to Viña (and then learning that the bus did NOT go back in that direction), I got off with the bus assistant, and he led me to another micro, which I rode safely back to Viña, finally.
In total, this took about an hour. Most of which, I was either 1)Smiling at my silly mis-adventures or, 2) trying to understand what the hell the bus driver was saying to me.
So, I was way too late to go to class, and since I already had my swim suit top and appropriate bottoms on, I decided to go to the Beach instead...
Just another day. :)
Chau!