worst way to travel

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This is a unscientific poll, therefore no poll exists.

I say greyhound. On wendsday I'll be spending two lovely days through,

Kingman. Las vegas. Barstow. Los Angeles. Bakersfield. Fresno. Modesto. Oakland

and finally Santa Rosa

Not only is the seating uncomfortable, but so are the people

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I've never flown on a plane. I've taken five Greyhound trips, the longest from central Oklahoma to Reno, Nevada. It kind of sucks, but I can deal with it. It's cheap, and there isn't some a**hole from the TSA grabbing my nutsack and giving me X-rays and telling me that I can't bring a fingernail clipper on board. Then again, some crazy guy did decapitate a fellow passenger on a Greyhound not long ago, so maybe there should be a bit more security.

I do know that Greyhound trips can be entertaining because of the fellow passengers. My favorites were the guy who took a piss on the bus and got kicked off, and the old guy who bought a bottle of booze and drank it on the bus with the bottle covered in a brown paper bag, as if that would hide what he was doing. I got drunk on the same bus by carrying Jagermeister in a Diet Coke bottle. Good times. You won't find that on a plane.

True. it does seem like you can get away with alot more on a bus because security is non-existant.
A few years ago, when I was at the LA terminal passing through for the holidays, some guy tried selling me a a frozen turkey. Some other fool tried giving me a haircut like he wanted me outside. probably because he was gonna kidnap me or something

I really hate not being able to sleep on the bus. and almost everyones deodeorant runs out onboard, coupled with the random farting you smell its unbearabley awful.

Plus the bus drivers are rude. i'm really not looking forward to it, but as you said its cheep and I have a fear of planes, so it looks like i'm taking the bus again. but this will be the last time, i cant do this anymore!

I've never travelled for more than an hour by greyhound. If I did I'd have developed a backache.. I hate the seating. I hate train journey's too (have a phobia of trains). I prefer plane the best as I have to say travelling by water is also very uncomfortable with all the swaying.

I fly every 2-3 months. I also used to fly long distances back home from my grandparents as a kid [23 - 27 hours flights] every 6 months. So I'm most comfortable flying. Infact I feel very home at an airport.

Last edited by pree10shun on 23 Jul 2011, 1:26 am, edited 2 times in total.

I guess I've been lucky, since I've never had to put up with horrible smells or rude drivers. I've had a horrible time sleeping, and I usually ended up passing out after going a full 24 hours with no sleep at all, but I have horrible sleeping problems even in a bed, so I can't readily blame it on the buses. I don't really have a problem with the seats, either. It does get horribly uncomfortable after some time, but that would be unavoidable in any seat when you're sitting in it for days. Don't get me wrong, traveling by bus sucks, but I guess I've just developed a thick skin for it. Or maybe my AS is actually an advantage here, since I can get lost in books I'm obsessed with and lose track of time. If I had to do it again, I'd say bring it on.

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definetly on the road. Beit car or bus. both suck big time.

Buses blow for me.

buses.

Next to a baby. Any transportation form becomes hell.

I spent 18 hours on a greyhound bus going from QLD to NSW. That was kinda terrible.

Car is ok if you're driving or at least in the front seat.

Boat is pretty bad too. I was on a seacat going to an island in the barrier reef once and I was seasick within minutes. So were a lot of people. Heaving sounds and barf bags everywhere. Thankfully the swell on the way back to the mainland days later was pretty calm.

Anywhere with lots of people and noise, and a feeling of being trapped.

The tube in London is pretty soul destroying.

A 24 hour journey on a coach starting north of London and ending in Milan, Italy. My god it nearly killed me

Every coach has a horrid smell of cleaning detergent its revolting

Also the ferry between Liverpool and Douglas on the Isle of man can be a notorious journey due the Irish Sea being quite rough at the best of times.

Walking around swaying in rythmn with the boat going from side to side really freaked me out and made me travel sick.

Peak hours can be awful. I feel sorry for all the short people (mostly women) who get forcebly embedded into my arm pit

Combined with low muscle tone I usually emerge from such journeys looking like the hunch back of notre damn

Other then that it smells a lot cleaner then it used to be. Some parts of it are still horrendously filthy n it sticks to your skin

The Metropolitan line is so old when it does that long fast journey between Finchley Road and Wembley you bounce around so much it feels like a roller coaster. Were such tight gits when it comes to spending money in this city we can't be arsed to replace trains that are 50+ years old when having suspension was just a suggestion

I forgot anything on water. I get so sea sick. Every ferry trip i have been on involved me in the toilet vomiting.

And Planes. My legs are so long that i have to scrunch up my legs in front of me. The last trip i was on, I was 29weeks pregnant with an 17 month old in a lap belt with my legs scruched up so much, i couldn't put my feet on the floor for a 5hour flight.

tbh I haven't been on the underground since erm... 2005ish? London is too peopley for my liking.

But I used to spend a lot of time on it when I was a teenager, my sister used to busk there, and I would sit next to her with a sign saying 'hungry and homeless please help'. I'm not sure my mum would have been impressed if she'd known. I got quite good at knowing the secret ways around tube stations.

Black snot. That's not a nice aspect.

Black snots the suprise I leave the tourists and out of towners to find out about
You've ruined the suprise now!

My aunt used to do the same thing as a student. I don't think I'd get away with it myself

I'd probably have to put up a sign like "will belly dance for ale or cash equivilant"

Before I was removed by one of those community do gooder wannabe police types that give you a menacing look if you've waitesd in the station longer then 10 minutes