http://www.highroaders.com/blog/efficiency-or-charm-whats-it-going-to-be/ Travel, Adventure, Culture, and Business Blog Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.highroaders.com/blog/efficiency-or-charm-whats-it-going-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Vicki Flier Hudson Thu, 20 May 2010 13:41:45 +0000 http://www.highroaders.com/blog/?p=85#comment-336 That's wonderful, Dick! I too think that the most memorable experiences were those were I was the most uncomfortable. I loved the image of your bus, as I have a similar memory. I took a bus from North India to Nepal, about a 17 hour ride. It was the dead of winter and there was no heat. The windows were broken and cold air poured in. The springs on my chair were broken too so I couldn't sleep as the chair bounced in the air every time we hit a bump. But I'll never forget waking up from a short nap (finally) and seeing the snow capped Himalayas. What a sight! Thanks for sharing your experience. I may just have to take that bus from Mexico to Panama! That’s wonderful, Dick! I too think that the most memorable experiences were those were I was the most uncomfortable. I loved the image of your bus, as I have a similar memory. I took a bus from North India to Nepal, about a 17 hour ride. It was the dead of winter and there was no heat. The windows were broken and cold air poured in. The springs on my chair were broken too so I couldn’t sleep as the chair bounced in the air every time we hit a bump. But I’ll never forget waking up from a short nap (finally) and seeing the snow capped Himalayas. What a sight! Thanks for sharing your experience. I may just have to take that bus from Mexico to Panama!

]]> http://www.highroaders.com/blog/efficiency-or-charm-whats-it-going-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Richard S. George (Dick) Thu, 20 May 2010 09:58:35 +0000 http://www.highroaders.com/blog/?p=85#comment-329 Two decades ago, we rented our house and traveled for more than three years. Our journeys included a year long odyssey from Mexico through every country in Central and South America (except the Guyanas) - all by bus . (The bus line we took through Central America had very O L D vehicles without air conditioning. The Tica Bus line today - still goes from México to Panamá in new buses... for just $112!) Two decades ago, we rented our house and traveled for more than three years. Our journeys included a year long odyssey from Mexico through every country in Central and South America (except the Guyanas) – all by bus
. (The bus line we took
through Central America had very O L D vehicles without air conditioning. The Tica Bus line today – still goes from México to Panamá in new buses… for just $112!)

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