Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Ja Teng asks, What type of travel is your favorite? For example, backpacking on foot, cruising down a river, bus, train, plane, or something else I can’t think of?

I don’t really think there is a type of travel. All of the things you listed are modes of transportation. Depending on where you want to go, you might have to take different modes of transportation.

When I was in Egypt, I went from Cairo to Luxor by train, but then I went back up by taking a riverboat that stopped at various temples along the way. I took a bus to get to Abu Simbel in the desert.

Different modes of transportation all for pretty much the same purpose.

If you want to visit Antarctica, you are probably going to have to get on a ship. There are flights to Antarctica, but they usually involve landing on a glacier and not being able to see much beyond ice.

I took the Blue Train in South Africa, which was a totally different experience from the one I had on a road trip around South Africa. If there is a ‘type’ of travel, I would say it has more to do with your budget and the type of accommodations you stay in, not your modes of transportation.