Thoughts from the Chicken Bus

Reeling from the loss of her relationship and burnt out from her high-stress politico job, Jenifer Bubenik grabbed her resignation letter off the printer and walked into her boss' office. Unaware of where to go next, and stuck in a funk, she logged online and cashed in her airline miles to book a ticket to Belize, unaware of where the country was really even located; simply knowing that nine days from then her life would be transformed from depression and desperation to sunshine and umbrella drinks. Armed with little more than hiking boots and pepper spray, the twenty-nine year old set out solo to Central America; with the goal to push her job and relationship out of her mind. What began as a three-week restorative breathing trip soon ended up as a three-month adventure through the back jungles, active volcanoes, and desolate beaches far beyond the safety-net of Belize.

Jenifer Bubenik grew up in Texas and North Carolina. She is a graduate of Appalachian State University and lives in San Diego. Thoughts From the Chicken Bus is her first novel. Prior to writing Thoughts From the Chicken Bus, she worked in government relations. She came to write Thoughts From the Chicken Bus while traveling through Latin America, where she discovered she would like to use her time off from the nine-to-five realm to study Spanish and volunteer with the less fortunate, instead of heading straight back to the negative world of Washington, DC.