I think it’s pretty funny that the Guardian found this noteworthy enough to publish in long form. When I was 18 I did a similar trip from LA to NYC on greyhound. I stopped in 12 different cities...
I think it’s pretty funny that the Guardian found this noteworthy enough to publish in long form.
When I was 18 I did a similar trip from LA to NYC on greyhound. I stopped in 12 different cities and spent time couchsurfing/hosteling in each (the most interesting place to meet real people was always the laundromat). I didn’t think it was that crazy of a trip, I knew plenty of people who traversed cross country by way of greyhound. And not that long ago, greyhound actually sold “unlimited” bus passes for fixed periods of time (e.g. a 3 month unlimited pass). I guess we’re in a different era where bus travel is more of a novelty (that merits gawking from the bourgeois in the newspaper no less!) than an economic (if somewhat unglamorous) means of travel.
My aunt took one of those unlimited greyhound tours through the US many years ago. One memorable story from the southern part of the trip was getting off the bus and looking for a bathroom, only...
My aunt took one of those unlimited greyhound tours through the US many years ago. One memorable story from the southern part of the trip was getting off the bus and looking for a bathroom, only to find separate bathrooms for coloured people and white people. Unsure of what category she fell into (Japanese) she got back on the bus and held it until the next town.
I think it’s pretty funny that the Guardian found this noteworthy enough to publish in long form.
When I was 18 I did a similar trip from LA to NYC on greyhound. I stopped in 12 different cities and spent time couchsurfing/hosteling in each (the most interesting place to meet real people was always the laundromat). I didn’t think it was that crazy of a trip, I knew plenty of people who traversed cross country by way of greyhound. And not that long ago, greyhound actually sold “unlimited” bus passes for fixed periods of time (e.g. a 3 month unlimited pass). I guess we’re in a different era where bus travel is more of a novelty (that merits gawking from the bourgeois in the newspaper no less!) than an economic (if somewhat unglamorous) means of travel.
My aunt took one of those unlimited greyhound tours through the US many years ago. One memorable story from the southern part of the trip was getting off the bus and looking for a bathroom, only to find separate bathrooms for coloured people and white people. Unsure of what category she fell into (Japanese) she got back on the bus and held it until the next town.