Some Yellow Brick Road

Posted by Emma Torry on December 11, 2007 at 04:27 PM

39 foolhardy passengers have just arrived in Sydney after an 89 day odyssey from London on the inaugural OzBus.

According to The Guardian, "since leaving the Embankment in London on September 16 the bus has rolled through Iran during Ramadan, Pakistan the week before Benazir Bhutto arrived and Bali just before the UN climate summit, before pulling up in Australia on the first day of the new Kevin Rudd administration. While the bus made it on to TV in Indonesia, where its presence was taken as a propitious omen for tourism, it has also had more than its share of onboard dramas."

For dramas read bullying, bitchiness and binge drinking.

Personally, I can't think of any worse way to travel than on-board a claustrophobic OzBus with 38 other passengers acting like Big Brother inmates. Not only did the trip come with a hefty price tag (£3,750), but it also took 2,016 hours to complete (that’s 84 days). For that price why not forego "dramas" and travel in style and tranquillity on the Orient Express, Trans-Siberia Express and across Australia by train too?

If that just doesn't do it for you the next OzBus trip leaves London on 10 February and is scheduled to arrive in Sydney on 3 May. The route spans 20 countries from Turkey to Transylvania to East Timor. Click here for booking and payment enquiries.

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