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!
2 comments:
If you decide to buy a camel and ride it in the bike lanes here in the U.S., please be sure to purchase the poo poo bucket accessory, too. We cyclists hate the slick spots.
We have dedicated camel lanes here in Bellevue, so no need for the poo poo bucket accessory. With La Nina this winter, we'll definitely need to invest in camel crampons though.
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