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Really drives home the blessing of air travel. LATAM offers the same route for about the same price, 5 hours instead of 118. I assume the author just had nothi
by xyzelement 7mo ago
Really drives home the blessing of air travel. LATAM offers the same route for about the same price, 5 hours instead of 118.
I assume the author just had nothing better to do which is fine, but great to have the other option.
- kakacik 7mo agowhen traveling and especially backpacking, the road and the experiences and people you meet along is the goal, not tackling a checklist of stuff internet/llms has given you as must-see.
- xyzelement 7mo agoThanks for explaining that. Had never encountered this concept before.
- RobRivera 7mo agoI cannot tell if this is sarcasm.
- mykowebhn 7mo agoI believe (s)he is responding to this comment of yours: > Really drives home the blessing of air travel It might lead one to surmise that you may have never encountered this before. Just sayin
- socalgal2 7mo agoOr it could just be an observation. You can look at how arduaous that trip is and be amazed that now-a-days, if you just want to get from point A to point B, you can do it in few hours of comfort on a plane. That doesn't take anything away from that you might want to take the long path. But seeing the long path, you can certainly appreciate how awesome it is that you don't have to take the long path when you don't need/want to . I'm certainly glad that went I decide to go from California to Hawaii it takes 5 hours and not 5 days like it did 100 years ago. Or Japan, 14-15 days and now 10-11 hours. Sure, it might be interesting to do it once the long way, but having someone show me the long way makes me appreciate that I don't have to do that.
- ks2048 7mo agoAnd what's the price if you want to stop at all 12 cities listed there?
- xyzelement 7mo agoIf that's your actual goal sure.
- MrOrelliOReilly 7mo agoI’m not convinced you read the post. I believe the author makes quite explicit their goal was to actually visit these cities, noting this is far from the most efficient bus route. Their itinerary also shows long stays in several spots.
- xyzelement 7mo agoYes. I am just saying what an amazing thing air travel is when this is your baseline.
- voxleone 7mo agoThere are great mid-sized towns along the the route, especially in Parana and Sao Paulo. I'd have liked to read about any impressions.
- idiotsecant 7mo ago'nothing better to do' is where all of life's greatest surprises are hiding.
- IncreasePosts 7mo agoYou can also have nothing better to do in rio for 5 days
- idiotsecant 7mo agoYou're making the mistake of thinking that the place you're headed is your destination. When you look back (I hope) you recall fondly your younger days adventures where you had 2 bucks and an open road. The best adventures happen when we don't expect them because we're on the way to the 'important' thing. We very rarely correctly identify in advance what the important thing is.
- IncreasePosts 7mo agoI disagree that I'm making that mistake - I'm saying that 5 days in some foreign city can be filled with adventure just like 5 days on a bus through unknown areas can be.
- owebmaster 7mo agoWhy not 5 days traveling and 5 days more in Rio? Or 50?
- IncreasePosts 7mo agoSure, I was just assuming a scenario like "I need to be in rio in 6 days for a job" or whatever
- mykowebhn 7mo agoI think you didn't get the point of the article.
- iammrpayments 7mo agoI’ve watched a video about a guy who did the same route, and a lot of passengers said they were taking the bus back home because they were afraid of flying.
- altacc 7mo agoNow I've got small children, we fly instead of taking the long bus, train or boat journey. But the long bus, train and boat journeys and the places we experienced along the way are half of what my wife and I talk about when we reminisce about our travels. In the UK at least we call it "going travelling", which to me acknowledges that the actual travelling is important, not just destination hopping.