Articles tagged “buses”

As a British company introduces a 12-day bus journey from the UK to Pakistan, one writer recalls his greatest journeys -- both actual and romanticized.

Feature phones are still the dominant communication device in the emerging world and this Tanzanian startup's basic service improves travelers' lives with a basic implementation of an otherwise complicated transaction.

Air travel seems to have become so intolerable that Pakistani Kashmiri expats are amused by the idea of revitalizing the 12-day historical road trip rather than battle airports and flying fees.

Some of these bus companies are notorious for unloading passengers on random street corners and running buses at crazy hours, and they’ll have to get their services in order to get approved for the permit.

Airlines promise speed but deliver delays, while trains offer Wi-Fi but run on antiquated rails. This leaves plenty of room for cheap direct buses to woo travelers sick of paying high prices for disappointing service.