Sarah in SC
Moderator Emeritus
Ah, to be young again.
I recall such things as taking a ramshackle bus from Tehran to Zahedan, (many of the passengers, it appeared, had never even been on a bus before), and sleeping in the dust alongside the vehicle while the driver took a six hour (IIRC) break......commandeering luggage racks to sleep on Pakistani & Indian local trains......being temporarily 'adopted' by some local students in Karachi and being invited to crash on the dirt floor of any empty concrete block building.
Those were the days...now, in my dotage, I demand a (gasp) mattress.
Getting soft, eh?
Before the end times come, I swear I'm going to find a way ply you with beer and snacks for the opportunity to hear more of your stories. You are definitely my travel hero, sir!
Also a fan of mattresses, even if only filled with air, I confess. One of our buddies slept in just a sleeping bag fit into a plastic sleeve when we were camping last summer. The ancient part of our brains that believe the tent provides us some protection from hungry animals must have been completely absent.