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Yesterday, I went with a friend of mine from Jerusalem to Hevron to visit the Cave of the Patriarchs (Ma'arat HaMachpelah in Hebrew), the location where it is believed that the Jewish patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) and Jewish matriarchs (Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah; Rachel is buried in Bethlehem) are buried in the cave purchased by Abraham, as described in Genesis 23. It is the second holiest site in all of Judaism. However, the building built over the cave location is shared with the Muslims, who control about 80% of the building. For 345 days a year, Jews can only enter the Jewish section and Muslims can only enter the Muslim section. But there are 10 days a year where Jews can visit the entire site and it is entirely off limits to Muslims, and there are 10 other days where the reverse is true. Yesterday was one of the 10 days reserved for Jews only, and as a result, Egged significantly ramped up bus service to accommodate the crowds.
Instead of running a direct bus from Jerusalem to Hebron as is normally the case, to get to Hevron, you boarded an articulated bus in front of the Central Bus Station (as opposed to from one of the inside platforms) after purchasing tickets on board a MAN 11-220 "Mini" Bus (http://orenstransitpage.com/otpisraelpics/jlemmanmini.htm) that was parked on the sidewalk next to the temporary stop for the buses to Hevron, rode the articulated bus to the checkpoint on the Tunnel Road leading to Gush Etzion and Kiryat Arba, changed at the checkpoint for an armored bus (http://orenstransitpage.com/otpisraelpics/eggedintercity28.jpg) to Kiryat Arba, where finally, a third transfer to a shuttle, also on an armored bus, to the center of Hevron was available. (One could theoretically walk this last distance if crazy enough to do so, it is extremely unsafe to make that trip by foot.) So as a result of needing 3 buses to get from Jerusalem to Hevron, 3 buses to get back, and a bus to get to and from the start of the 3 legged journey to and from Hevron, at the end of the 8th bus ride of the day, my friend commented to me that he didn't think he had ever been on 8 buses in a single day, and we still had 2 more to go since we were riding a chartered bus (same bus both ways) from Jerusalem to Tzur Hadassah for an event! My response, no big deal, I do this all the time.