Jul 14th, 2010 at 1:30PM:
Planes are fast and popular. Trains are often cheaper and romanticized. Buses, however, get a bad rap. In the States, that's probably deserved. With the exception of some modern, swanky buses servicing the Northeast Corridor and the Midwest, the bus options throughout the United States are pretty shoddy. Yet, bus travel doesn't have to be all about steerage class, sweat boxy hellholes. Sadly, you ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Turkish buses versus Greyhound
Jul 14th, 2010 at 1:30PM:
Planes are fast and popular. Trains are often cheaper and romanticized. Buses, however, get a bad rap. In the States, that's probably deserved. With the exception of some modern, swanky buses servicing the Northeast Corridor and the Midwest, the bus options throughout the United States are pretty shoddy. Yet, bus travel doesn't have to be all about steerage class, sweat boxy hellholes. Sadly, you ...An open love letter to İskender kebab
Jul 1st, 2010 at 10:30AM:
Dear İskender kebab,
I know we only recently met, but, well, I love you. Whoa, whoa, don't freak out. I'm sure you get this a lot. I mean, you're pretty lovable. Turkish Delight might be more famous (and have better PR people), but you're my own personal Turkish treasure. Don't get freaked out. I just really enjoyed our time together and wanted to let you know why I think you're the ...Intrepid Travel: Not your average tour operator
Jun 24th, 2010 at 9:30AM:
Tours have a PR problem when it comes to wooing people who define themselves as "travelers." Tours are crowded. Tours are contrived. Tours are for...well...tourists. But are all tours created equally? I've written before about deciding if a tour is right for you, but it had been a while since I actually took one. Since I last wrote about the topic, I had been curious if I could be satisfied on ...
