[cyberhippie]

Oz bus finally got underway today, this overland bus to Sydney Australia will cost you a cool 3750 GBP (5389 Euro 7470 Dollar) but it really is an awesome trip!!

The journey takes you through the countries of
ENGLAND - FRANCE - GERMANY - CZECH REPUBLIC - AUSTRIA -
HUNGARY - ROMANIA - BULGARIA - TURKEY - IRAN - PAKISTAN -
INDIA - NEPAL - CHINA - LAOS - THAILAND -  MALAYSIA - INDONESIA -
EAST TIMOR - AUSTRALIA

And offers some wonderful destinations en route such as
Heidelberg
Prague
Vienna
Budapest
Brasov
Istanbul
Gallipoli
Cappadocia
Ephasus
Troy
Tabriz
Esfahan
Shiraz
Bam
Quetta
Lahore
Amritsar
Corbett
Delhi
Agra
Varansi
Pokhara
Kathmandu
Limbini
Everest Base Camp
Lhasa
Tiger Leaping Gorge
Dali
Laos
Bangkok
Bridge Over The River kwai
GUlf Of Thailand
Penang
Cameron highlands
Kuala Lumpur
Sumatra
Jakarta
Borobour temple
Bali
Kuta
Ubud
Lombok
Sumbawa
Komodo
Flores
East Timor
Darwin
Kakadu National Park
Katherine Gorge National park
The Outback
Alice Springs
Ayers rock
Coober Peedy
Flinders Range
Adelaide
Barosso Valley
The Great Ocean Road
Melbourne
The Sapphire Coast
Sydney

The trip will take about 12 weeks, the downside of these things for me is you have to place a lot of trust in your travel mates. It only takes one or two pains in the butt to really wreck a journey like this. The proximity of the same folk on a 12 week trip invites conflict but equally if everyone hit's it off it would be a trip you would never forget and I suppose you would form a firm bond with your fellow travelers!!

I've got no stake in this company and as yet can't even recommend them, as this is the inaugural trip so let's see what happens eh!!

I wonder if they have a Blogger on board??

Really does seem like a great trip though and not hugely expensive for what you get and the places you'll see!

[Jock & Di]

cyberhippie, on Sep 18 2007, 06:31 AM, said:

Oz bus finally got underway today, this overland bus to Sydney Australia will cost you a cool 3750 GBP (5389 Euro 7470 Dollar) but it really is an awesome trip!!

The journey takes you through the countries of
ENGLAND - FRANCE - GERMANY - CZECH REPUBLIC - AUSTRIA -
HUNGARY - ROMANIA - BULGARIA - TURKEY - IRAN - PAKISTAN -
INDIA - NEPAL - CHINA - LAOS - THAILAND -  MALAYSIA - INDONESIA -
EAST TIMOR - AUSTRALIA

And offers some wonderful destinations en route such as

Adelaide
Barossa Valley
The Great Ocean Road
Melbourne
The Sapphire Coast
Sydney


Really does seem like a great trip though and not hugely expensive for what you get and the places you'll see!

And possibly comes thru Mount Gambier before the Great Ocean Road section. Thinking of joining it Cy?

[iwanttogoback]

cy

does it go both ways?

what a fantastic journey, running my name down the list of places - not one i wouldn't want to see. and all the places along the way!

[dzibead]

Wow!   This sounds fantastic ... and as you said, for what you get the price doesn't seem exorbitant.

[WonderWomanUSA]

It makes me long for the days of the "Magic Bus" -- I think it was $50 from Istanbul to Kabul! And oh, the people we'd meet!

[Shiver me Timbers]

This would work a lot better as a 'hop-on/hop-off' service. As it is, despite the extensive list of destinations, in 12 weeks you're really not going to be able to fully enjoy any of them, plus you'd be missing out on so much more.

Throw in a bunch of potentially annoying strangers, and it really wouldn't be my cup of tea.....

[cyberhippie]

I had the same thought Connor a hop on hop off service would be brilliant. I think these trips are designed for those travellers who can't spare the time to be travelers if you get my drift.

I also thought about the other side what an awesome trip to do with a bunch of mates, He he I can just imagine it with a bunch of Scots, it would be a laugh a minute.

[noflylist]

To avoid paying his fare, a Scot invented hiding in train's toilet.