Apparently buses in Colombia vary greatly, and there is a very good reason most of the bus stations have chapels to pray in before hitting the road. Ive tried two bus lines, going to San Gil and coming back to Bogota. The journey should theoretically take the same amount of time, since it's the same distance both ways. Wrong. On the way there, we took a swankier company, that was actually the nicest coach I think I've ever been on, complete with TV the whole ride, and bathrooms and really cushy seats that reclined! The ride took us about 7 hours, making 2 stops. On the way back, I took a different company, that more Colombians take. Every seat was full, and there was no airconditioning. We make about 25 stops on the way back, but it only took us 8 hours, because when we werent stopped, we were driving SO fast and carelessly it was actually like a video game. The driver made phone calls and texted while he was driving, and then passed cars in front of him when he got to them, without really caring whether or not he could see what was coming in the opposite direction.