John Pouliot boarded a Megabus for New York at South Station early this morning. Through a series of tweets, he chronicled the driver's rather unusual approach to New York - via I-93 north towards New Hampshire (a route that caused one rider to call the police). His last tweet ends just as the bus finally approaches Connecticut; we can only hope he finally made it to New York and is not lying at the bottom of a river somewhere or trapped on a remote mountaintop road in West Virginia. Uh, oh: Kristen Salerno was also on the bus, and her last tweet was shortly after 3 a.m.

12:58. Megabus started shaking, then turned off I-90 in Newton and is officially lost. Passengers Pissed #LordoftheFlies #needtheconch

1:02. Vocal passengers used 1st Amendment right to be huge bitches,complained so much bus was "too bumpy" that we are turning around

1:10. On Lost/Broken @Megabus on Comm Ave and Harvard Ave, any BU students at Joshua Tree down for a real party bus?

1:34. @NYC bound @Megabus OFF I-90 at Newton, back to Bay Village, westbound on the Pike, then U-Turn to Boston #drivingincircles #oflife

1:39. Missed exit to get to South Station on I-93North, passengers pissed and showing it. Bus driver very literally lost. On the Zakim. #refund

1:49. Passengers yelling at each other/driver we are near Stoneham N on 93 supposed to be NYCbound @Megabus needs to be accountable

1:52. And on the lost-Megabus chaos...a white kid with a boom box starts blasting "Things are Gonna get Better" - and we all stop bickering.

1:56. The screaming ebbs, an old man with a cane slowly steps up to the driver..."You tell me..." he says "Why the FUCK are we in Woburn?"

2:13. Cops. Passengers called the cops. Escort to Woburn and now some self-congratulatory snide remarks from 1st amendment users. #notcauseImwhite

2:43. Tried to defend @KristenSalerno against @megabus passenger with a valiant "Yo! Shut the Fuck Up!" to no avail...forced to pass out cookies.

2:46. Passed out cookies from backpack. Public opinion on lost @megabus turns towards good. Driver just feels really, really bad. Cookies are M&M.

3:00. 3am and the @Megabus is returning to South Station. Tension lingers like a putrid smoke. Maybe it's Annoying Passenger's bacon-burger&fries

3:09. South Station. "I missed my flight" she says, resigned. A cold fluorescent glow embraces her, shoulders slumped. She departs our number.

3:36. The hum of our engine slows. We cautiously edge through the tolls...I-84 awaits, and through the vaunted spires of Pine...Connecticut. Fuck!