Top 13 Tips For A Long Bus Ride

Posted by Mike Richard on August 9, 2007
Filed under: Sidelines, Tips, Travel

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Jessica at Hedgehogs Without Borders just posted her Top 13 Tips for a Long Bus Ride. I found #11 particular humorous:

Tip #11 - Don’t sit at the front of the bus

I know you’re reading this right now thinking it would be great to have such a wonderful view out the windshield as you travel the world by bus, but it’s not. I can not tell you the number of times I watched as we went around a curve, at night, at top speed, on the wrong side of the road, on a narrow mountain pass, with nothing but the horn being sounded. I am certain I cut off several years of my life by staring, scared shitless out the windshield of a giant bus careening down the middle of a Bangkok highway on the wrong side of the divider. So do yourself a huge favor and sit away from the windshield.

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Vagabondish editor Mike Richard lives in Rhode Island - a small patch of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats and speaking in the third person.



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Comments

Travel Minx
August 9th, 2007 - 7:01 pm

‘Tis probably true, although if you’re speeding along winding roads you also don’t want to sit at the back if you get car-sick. :)


Mike
August 10th, 2007 - 8:51 am

Perhaps the roof is the best place then? Strapped down like a hunted deer? =P