To Travel By Bus Or Plane?
July 18, 2011 Leave a comment
I have my next trip coming up soon. My destination is Goreme in Cappadocia and I need to decide on the method of transport that I will use to get there.
Car and the railway system are definitely out as they are too expensive or not easily accessible.
The two choices I have are internal domestic flights or the bus. I have been pondering over this choice for a few days now, so I decided to make a list of the pro’s and con’s to each of them. Hopefully that will help me to decide.
Bus Travel Pro’s
* Cheap. My ticket will be approximately 50TL ( $35)
* Comfortable. The lads on the buses go around with lemon cologne, refreshments and cakes. Some of the buses even have televisions.
* Easily accessible. A bus station is in my home town and there is also one in Goreme where I will be traveling to.
Bus Travel Con’s.
*Stop over breaks. I hate the stop over breaks at bus stations along the way. You can guarantee the toilet will always be a Turkish one that is dirty. ( For those that are not in the know, a Turkish toilet is the hole in the ground version) It also stinks so much that I feel like throwing my dinner up. This is not something that I can avoid, so I will have to end up using dirty, stinking Turkish toilets.
* Change overs. It won’t be a direct route. I will have to change routes three times on the way. This will probably add time onto my journey.
* Long way. I am looking at ten hours of sitting down. I suppose I could read a book on the way or get the overnight bus and try to sleep.
Turkish Domestic Flights Pro’s
* Cheap. Ok, not as cheap as the bus but roughly only about twenty lira more.
* Quick. I spend an hour on the plane compare to the ten hours on the bus.
* Comfortable. On domestic flights, you get a cake and a drink. Seats are comfortable.
Turkish Domestic flights Con’s.
* Airports. I hate airports with a vengeance. They have evolved to become the most tiring and expensive place in the world. I will also need to travel one and a half hours to my nearest airport that operates domestic flights.