Do you buy or rent a car or motorcycle, travel by train, hitchhike, parachute, balloon, sail, walk, climb, rappel, dive, etc, etc?
train! usually comfortable, perfect time to catch up on reading, writing, sightseeing, sleeping...
Reply to this Hitchhike.....did a LOT of it...20 years ago...
train...have done a lot all over the time...and whenever I can...next ride should be in 3 weeks...but use to go to school by train...
parachute....twice....but does it count as a way to "travel"?
balloon....over the Serengeti in Tanzania...was amazing...
sail...in so many different places...love it...
walk....every morning...
climb....I was young, and the trees were fun...
rappel....only once...would do it again...
dive...250 of them so far, 20 countries...and hope much more in the coming months...
buy a car...never...and may never happen
rent a car...from time to time...yes....convertible is the best fun when we can...depend of the price...
motorcycle...use to ride one in Vietnam, even owned a russian oural 1980...this is an army sidecar...kind of really fun...but too complicated to take care of...
More ideas...zip-lining...did it in Patagonia, planing next one in a month..
Rafting...Zambezi, and also in Colorado, Patagonia, Bali, Queenstown, Cairns...and more coming soon...
And the "to do but not yet done"...dog-sledging in Groenland...on my list...on day!
Reply to this I generally like walking and trains. Walking, because I need to get some exercise in when travelling, so I walk around a lot instead of taking taxis. Trains because views are often great. .
I think I would really like boat and train travel, as a replacement for flying if boats ever become as inexpensive as plane travel
Reply to this Anything like parachuting, bungee jumping, sky diving ..... is not for me. I dont like heights. I am not too keen on climbing up cliffs either.
Hot air balloons are not too bad, because jumping out with a parachute or whatever is not a requirement. I was in one, one time in London. It was a bit wobbly but not too scary.
Swimming is nice too. I am not sure about diving. I have heard it is hard on the body, but maybe that only applies for professional divers who do very heavy duty deep water diving for prolonged periods.
Reply to this teleporting will be the best mode of transportation in the future...I cant wait.
Reply to this What about cycling?! Get to cover a decent distance in a day but go slow enough to see/hear/smell/feel all the small details of the journey that you miss in a car or bus or train or plane. Plus great sense of achievement that you've got somewhere off your own steam.
Otherwise, I definitely agree with Benji, would pick teleporting over flying (in a plane) any day!
Reply to this Forgive my ignorance, but what is teleporting?
And my vote goes to TRAINS !!!!! and boats, whenever i can afford it.
Reply to this What about cycling?!
One thing that puts me off cycling and walking long distances is the stuff I would need to carry. I would really like it, if I didnt need to take any stuff, but wouldnt tents etc be necessary if in case I dont make it to a town with hostels etc everyday?
Has anyone ever managed to pack very light for walking or cycling long distance?
I did manage to cycle half way around the coast of Ireland one Summer. There are hostels dotted along the coast, so it is a very good place for a bicycle trip. It was easy to hop from one to the next, so I didnt need tent, sleeping bag etc.
Reply to this Teleportation is the transfer of matter from one point to another, more or less instantaneously, either by paranormal means or through technological means. Teleportation has been widely utilized in works of science fiction.
Teleporting
Yeah, teleporting would be convenient if it existed. It might be scary though.
Reply to this Mell, packing light for cycling isn't that hard.
I did a 3 week cycle trip across the UK and Ireland last year and fitted everything I needed into 2 pannier bags and a handlebar bag - I probably carried similar amount of stuff to when I backpack but a lot easier to haul it around on a bike than your back I think personally. It's not too hard to cycle 50+ miles a day so at the moment I just pick countries where you can guarantee hostel/B&B in that distance and no need for tent! I agree that if you needed loads of camping stuff it might become a different story.
For long distances then trains definitely get my vote - it may be infuriating that they cost a fortune and always late here, but at least you can sleep/read/chat and get a decent view out the window hopefully.
Reply to this I met a couple in Kyrgyzstan, who had cycled all the way from Switzerland. I am not sure I would have even been able to ride 100M on their bicycles.
Yeah, no tent is certainly the way to go I think, to keep the weight down. That couple in Kyrgyzstan had tents, camping stoves...... They looked great though, with all that cycling they were doing. In really good shape.
Cant you score train bargains in the UK? If I buy my train tickets in advance, I can get from one end of Germany to the other for just 29 Euros, or to another European city for 39 Euros.
Reply to this other than teleporting, I think my favorite form of traveling is by plane, and for the simple reason is that I know that I'm going somewhere new. I believe we all share the same love for cruising at 36,000 ft. its part of the excitement of traveling...well maybe this is only my view. I still have high hopes for teleporting though.
Reply to this Don't get me started on train fares in the UK - there are apparently £1 fares if you travel between certain cities at 3:15pm on a Tuesday in a leap year, but otherwise it's not cheap, especially if you don't always know in advance to book. Supposedly our rail fares are going to decrease this autumn for first time in years because of the recession - in reality it equates to a couple of pennies less on a fare costing £20+!
Plane travel is exciting because of the massive change in a few hours. Plus I do love seeing the world from thousands of feet up - there's something so magical about seeing countries mapped out below you. However, the hassle of airports, the horrendous air and messing up sleep sucks!
Anyone have some more unusual transport methods? There was the guy who travelled around the world by human power, including an ocean going pedallo and inline skating across the USA.
Reply to this Plane travel is exciting because of the massive change in a few hours.
That is what I love about plane travel too. And I love that is not expensive these days. Why do so many fun things have to be so bad for the environment!
Anyone have some more unusual transport methods?
I was reading about a guy who flew over the Alps in a homemade airplane. I will try to find the news blog and post it here.
Reply to this Why do so many fun things have to be so bad for the environment!
Ah, I struggle with this conundrum everyday!
That flying buggy thing looks amazing - I wonder if their trip was a success and they've released it commercially? Can't imagine too many takers at £50,000!
I have a friend who has one of those jetpack/parachute contraptions - but no buggy attached (although he did once get on his bicycle with it and 'fly' down the lanes at 40mph - slightly crazy!!)
Reply to this I really like the moving floors in airports. You just stand there with a dumb smile on your face while you are gently cruising down the hall. Genius.
Reply to this Resurrecting an old thread here. Personally, I dislike flying due to the lack of personal space, and I always get cramps from uncomfortable seats. I love walking and hiking, because nothing else provides the same time to really experience a place. For my other favorite method, a picture says more than I can:
Reply to this Train every time. There are so many great (and maybe not so great!) journeys that can be taken by train. I love that you can stretch your legs when you need to. You can read, eat, sleep, look out the window and chat to fellow passengers in the dining car (if there is one!).
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