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buy a pass and then hop on or off
wherever you want. Some are more
likely to appeal to younger travellers
only.
to Cairns route, where you can stay
where you want.
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www.straytravel.com
12-month passes throughout New
Zealand, with stops at hostels along
the way.
US
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www.plannettran.com
Hybrid taxis in Boston and San
Francisco.
EUROPE AND NORTHERN
AFRICA
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www.fezbus.co.uk
Australian-run company offering 39
routes around the coast and interior
of Turkey, connecting with ferries
across the Greek islands to Athens
and further into Greece.
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www.radicaltravel.com
Routes range from within the Scottish
highlands to the Moroccan Sahara.
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www.ze-bus.com
Routes run from Paris and through
France's most popular western and
southwestern regions, including
Bordeaux and Biarritz. Also tours to
Italy, Portugal, Spain and Eastern
Europe.
taking the bus and coach
SOUTH AFRICA
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www.bazbus.com
A backpackers' favourite running up
from Cape Town to Durban, which
then loops around Natal (including
Drakensberg) to Swaziland and inland
to Johannesburg.
National and international coach
services
UK
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www.biggreencoach.co.uk
Bus services specifically to festivals
and events in the UK.
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www.nationalexpress.com
The UK's most extensive intercity
coach operator.
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www.megabus.com
Budget rail and coach operator, which
runs services between selected major
towns and cities. Also operates in US
and Canada.
WORLDWIDE
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www.oz-bus.com
The original Oz bus runs from London
to Sydney through Asia, though the
company now operates a second
route from New York to London
via Asia. It also runs bus trips from
Turkey to Nepal (
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www.hippie-trail.
com
); around Australia (
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www.oz-
busdownunder.com
); and overland
tours throughout Africa (
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www.oz-
busafrica.com
).
EUROPE
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www.eurolines.com
Coaches connecting over five
hundred destinations in cities and
towns across Europe.
AMERICAS
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www.bambaexperience.com
Routes throughout mainland Central
America, often visiting more out-of-
the-way areas with an emphasis on
supporting the economies of rural
areas, particularly in Mexico.
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www.greentortoise.com
Adventure-themed coach trips
across the US, targeted at all ages.
Its coaches are increasingly run on
biofuels.
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www.moosenetwork.com
Routes across Canada for all ages,
picking up and dropping off at hotel
or hostel of your choice.
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www.ticabus.com
Site in English and Spanish for routes
connecting Tapachula in southern
Mexico with Panama City, travelling
through all the mainland countries in
between, except Belize.
train
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www.bahn.de
The German national railway site
includes all the schedules for the main
rail journeys throughout Europe. Just
type in the necessary “from and to” and
it shows you all the best train routes
and even how to factor in time spent in
a city; for example, if your route passes
through Paris around lunch time, you
can allow yourself a few hours for a
salad Niçoise and a bottle of Bordeaux
before hitting the tracks. Also includes
an online booking facility.
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www.interrail.net
For various rail passes in 29 European
countries plus Morocco, including
discounts on selected ferry journeys.
Supplements have to be paid for
certain services, such as overnight
trains and ferry services.
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www.seat61.com
The most comprehensive website for
information on train travel throughout
the world. Read more on p.154.
NORTH AMERICA
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www.gotobus.com
For urban and intercity buses
throughout the US.
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www.greyhound.com
The largest intercity bus operator in
the US, Canada and Mexico.
WORLDWIDE
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www.busstation.net
Links to national bus and coach
sites and endless enthusiasts'
pages, which include a range of
memorabilia from photographs of old
trams to accounts of their favourite
trips. Unwieldy and inelegant, but
if you want to find out how to travel
anywhere in the world by coach, this
is probably the best place to start.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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www.ozexperience.com
Tours throughout Australia, with
accommodation included for
everywhere except the classic Sydney
hop-on hop-off buses
For popular long-distance routes:
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