We did our usual tourist thing of visiting the Notre Dame Basilica, St Joseph Oratory and the Big O Olympic stadium. The weather was turning miserable. It was foggy and wet. We took the cable car and went to the top of the Big O and we could not see anything when the fog patches were so thick. It was disappointing.
We begin with this 
Then things took a different turn on our way to Quebec City.
The driver parked the coach on the side of the freeway and muttering strange words we did not understand. Those must be swearing words. The driver took off to the engine compartment and trying to figure out what was going on. Soon the tourist guide joined the driver making phone calls. This could not be good. This spelled trouble. They were at discussion and pointing at different directions.
Half an hour went by, the bus was getting hot. There was not enough air in the passengers’ compartment. The tourist guide will not let us go out of the bus since it was at the side on the freeway. It would be disastrous if anyone got into accident. The mainland tourists were getting very excited. They wanted to know what is going on. Finally the tourist guide made an announcement claiming the ventilation hose was broken. The bus became immobile. The engine would be destroyed if we pushed on. We had to wait for another bus. It could be hours.
The mainland tourists were royally upset. They planned on launching for compensation. When the tourist guide reminded them of the fine prints on the contract that the travel agency would not cover damages resulting from accidents, the mood turned more violet. Now, they planned on complaining about the tourist guide to get some reward. The tourist guide was really lost for words when he had to face such unreasonable, barbaric actions. The mood was foul. The yelling was intense. I think they might resolve to hang somebody if they have a chance.
Nobody wants any inconvenience. The tourist guide has to finish all the programs listed on the brochure and he definitely does not want any side steps. He might have informed the tourists slowly about the development. When you had 55 passengers on the bus and everyone was an expert on salvage of situations, you can easily have a riot on hand.
The crowd needed washroom facilities. People started rushing to the toilet at the back of the bus. The early you get to use the toilet, the fewer odours you will receive. Normally, use of the toilet on a tourist bus was discouraged because there was no flushing on the bus. If 55 people used the toilet on a tourist bus, it should overflow and the people at the back of the bus will wish they were never born. To complicate things, there was no lighting inside the toilet. Now this is a real “shot in the dark”
We were at the road side for 3 hours before we got onto another bus.
We ended up almost like this 
...and the passengers 
By the time when we arrived at QC (Quebec City), it was dark and cold and drizzling. We were supposed to tour the upper town and lower town, yet nobody was in the mood to do anything. We also had reservation for dinner and we jumped onto the cab at first chance and sailed away towards the food.
-- By David Wong