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Transportation Problems in India: Why Can’t I Leave Goa?

Jan 20, 2015 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

sleeper car on Indian train

The Indian province of Goa has over 70 kilometers of beautiful beaches and excellent cheap food. That combination kept me in my beach hut two weeks longer than planned. India’s transportation network kept me there another two weeks. Flying in and out of Goa seems relatively simple, but leaving by land proved exceedingly difficult. When […]

Filed Under: India Tagged With: scams, bus, train, transportation, India, Goa

Barcelona Hides Its Bus Stations Well

Oct 19, 2013 by Daniel McBane 8 Comments

The skyline of Barcelona Spain

When the bus pulled over in a pitch black residential area on the outskirts of Barcelona and the driver practically shoved us out the door, we knew for sure we had missed our stop. We had tickets on a night bus to Madrid and had decided to take a city bus to the long distance […]

Filed Under: Spain Tagged With: bus, transportation, Spain, annoying people, Barcelona

Fat Man on a Little Bus

Nov 3, 2012 by Daniel McBane 2 Comments

Long Distance Bus China
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Annoying People

I started this series on annoying tourists a while back, figuring I would pull from my virtually endless supply of material and add to it from time to time. It’s been a while since the first post, so I’ve decided to add a second and write about a Chinese guy I got stuck next to on the 22 hour bus [read more…]

Filed Under: China Tagged With: bus, transportation, China, fat people, annoying people

Welcome to Shwebo Mr. ATM

Jun 7, 2012 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

Bus Mandalay Myanmar
This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Visiting Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar

The next two hours were pretty uneventful and even relatively pain free, since my knee caps had been thoroughly liquefied by this point. We did pass a road construction site on the way and had to wait for a bit as a group of slaves broke up rocks with hammers and placed them into [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: Myanmar, train, transportation, Burma, scams, bus

Arrival in Mandalay

Jun 4, 2012 by Daniel McBane Leave a Comment

Downtown Mandalay in Myanmar
This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Visiting Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar

Once at the station, we boarded our bus to Mandalay and it actually was quite luxurious compared to the one we were just on and just about every other bus I would ride for the next month. The main perk you get when you pay more money is one seat per person and the fact [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: bus, Myanmar, Mandalay, transportation, Burma

Leaving Yangon for Indawgyi Lake

May 31, 2012 by Daniel McBane 2 Comments

Yangon Bus
This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Visiting Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar

I arrived at the airport in Yangon never having heard of Indawgyi Lake. In fact, I had no idea whatsoever where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do or see during my month in Myanmar. I figured I would start by taking a taxi downtown and finding a place to [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: bus, Myanmar, train, transportation, Burma

Close the f***in’ window! – Commuting to work in Shanghai

May 28, 2012 by Daniel McBane 8 Comments

Commuting on a Bus in Shanghai China

One morning, as I was reading a book on the bus on my way to work in Shanghai, an elderly man in his 70s got out of his seat and started opening all the windows. He had a cold and in China when you have a cold, the best remedy is to open all the […]

Filed Under: China Tagged With: bus, Shanghai, transportation, China

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As the more astute among you may have guessed, my name is Daniel McBane. I've been traveling and working overseas for almost ten years now and have finally decided to document some of the strange, crazy or just plain funny encounters and observations from my travels. I've also added a travel guide section, figuring I should reward my four readers by providing at least something of use. Read more on my about page.

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