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Well, these days you can catch a Flixbus from London to Sofia for a mere 150 Europounds, and 48 hours of your time. And from there, Calcutta can't be that far,
by ZeroConcerns 9mo ago
Well, these days you can catch a Flixbus from London to Sofia for a mere 150 Europounds, and 48 hours of your time. And from there, Calcutta can't be that far, right?
(But, seriously, you can probably do it in another 48 hours...)
- reaperducer 9mo agoYou just need a nuclear-powered Big Bus. https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1066_and_h600_bestv2/l5n4h4gmRtjfc0BMAXoJa6P9VC5.jpg https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1066_and_h600_bestv2/l5n4h4gmRtj... https://imcdb.org/i065460.jpg https://imcdb.org/i065460.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bus "Cyclops has a passenger capacity of 110 and is equipped with a bowling alley, Asian-style cocktail lounge with a piano bar, swimming pool, Bicentennial dining room, private marble-and-gold bathroom with sunken tub, and chef's kitchen."
- ZeroConcerns 9mo ago> You just need a nuclear-powered Big Bus Ah, so there is a chance!
- dhosek 9mo agoThis was the first thing I thought of when I read the article. I remember making my own nuclear-powered big bus out of legos after watching that movie.
- leopoldj 9mo agoFrom Sofia to the West of Turkey should be relatively easy. After that, travel through Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan will get hairy.
- abdullahkhalids 9mo ago10s of thousands of religious pilgrims travel by bus between Pakistan and Iran every year. You can just avoid Afghanistan.
- mminer237 9mo agoGenerally the border between Paxistan and India cannot be crossed though. I believe Attari/Wagah is the only place, and it was closed too last I heard.
- abdullahkhalids 9mo agoIndeed, it has been closed since the aerial clashes last year. But we can hope for peace, and with it cross border tourism.
- selimthegrim 9mo agoCan locals still cross at Kasur/Ganda Singh Wala like before 1971?
- abdullahkhalids 9mo agoTo my knowledge, no. In the recent past, either you could cross via the the Wagah-Attari border crossing or get on the Thar Express train [1], which connects Karachi with Jodhpur via the Zero Point crossing. But the Thar Express has been closed since 2019. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thar_Express https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thar_Express
- staplar 9mo agoThey should avoid Pakistan if they can, not Afghanistan. It’s in relative peace while the border region of Iran/Pakistan see regular fighting between Pakistani forces and Baluch separatists[1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_Liberation_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_Liberation_Army
- ZeroConcerns 9mo agoYou'd be surprised at how cheap, relatively safe and reliable bus services are in those regions. Source: me and my wife traveled extensively by public transport in, well, at least Pakistan. The other countries are indeed sort-of hairy, but mostly for job-clearance-related reasons.
- nephihaha 9mo agoThere were some bad roads in the Balkans as well.
- port3000 9mo agoMy Google Maps algo will be massively confused by my 'Directions' search: Sofia, Bulgaria to Kolkata, India on a Friday afternoon in January
- crossroadsguy 9mo agoIt gives up. Besides these days it’s Kolkata.