Tuesday, January 23, 2007

around the world in 80 ways update

Inside the auto- rickshaw (tuk tuk)






I'm up to about 30 so I'm going to be hard pressed to make 80 ways of travelling in the remainder of my trip as most of the easy/obvious options are used up. I've been fairly liberal in interpretation but, hey, I'm not trying for the Guiness Book of Records. For example, is a jeep different from a car? Is a taxi? Yes of course it is.
In approximate order of first use (place of first use in brackets)

1. Foot (everywhere)
2. Underground (London, Bangkok)
3. Taxi (Delhi)
4. Car (Delhi)
5. Airport bus (Delhi)
6. Light rail (Delhi metro/Bangkok skytrain)
7. Jeep (Jaisalmer)
8. Camel (Jaisalmer)
9. Autorickshaw (Jodhpur)/Tuk tuk (Bangkok)
10. Train (Jodhpur-Delhi)
11. Microbus (Bhutan)
12. Cycle rickshaw (Agra for about 200 m til I realised the poor boy didn't have gears)
13. Internal train (HK airport)
14. Funicular tram (HK Peak tram)
15. Passenger ferry (HK Star ferry)
16. Cable car (HK)
17. Bus (HK)
18. Jet foil (HK)
19. Trolleybus (HK)
20. The Escalator (HK)
21. Songthraew (Jomtien)
22. Motorbike (Jomtien)
23. Pick up truck (Jomtien)
24. Golf cart (Jomtien)
25. Waterbus (Bangkok)
26. Water taxi (Bangkok)
27. Car ferry (Koh Chang- mainland)
28. Swimming (forgot to mention above - everywhere)
29. Lift (ditto)
30. Travelator (HK airport)

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Must be about halfway by now. The slower parts sound pretty good to a lazy old fart like me. Swimming by the stars must be(a) brilliant and (b) another form of travel!!
Cheers
Gus

1:28 pm, February 13, 2007  

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