After experiencing the lovely variety of transport methods in Asia, driving a car in the USA just won’t be the same.
After our long flight to Kathmandu, Nepal, we walked a little to get the circulation back in our legs.
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| Alan on the first day of a 23-day, 250+ km trek around the Annapurna massif and into Annapurna Sanctuary in Nepal. |
The public bus system rivals that of Orange County, California.
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| Bus on a Nepali road. |
We got front row seats on the flight.
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| Paragliding above Sarangkot, Pokhara, Nepal. |
The comfortable taxis are delightfully decorated.
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| No seatbelts on this scary ride , but we've got Avril Lavigne. |
The boats got us where we needed to be.
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| Dawn boat ride in Varanasi, India. |
Elephants and camels yield surprisingly great grass mileage.
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| Alan and Charlie Camel riding into the sunset near Jaisalmer, India. |
Even Jennifer would be able to drive a tuk-tuk.
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Riding an auto rickshaw in Jaipur, India.
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Jennifer survived her first-ever tandem bike ride with Alan.
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| Alan and Jennifer's first and last tandem bicycle ride (on the Xi'an city walls). |
The trains were well-equipped with anything a passenger might fancy.
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| Beijing-Lhasa high-altitude train outfitted with oxygen outlets at each seat. |
We got some decent scenery on our drive back into Nepal.
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| The Land Cruiser in front of Everest and its siblings. Our Tibetan driver was fearless on the icy roads. |
Many thanks to our amazing, death-defying { paraglider, bus, taxi, elephant, camel, train, boat, tuk-tuk, Land Cruiser } drivers that got us safely back!
