Tag: “Transportation”

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   Anything with wheels

   Public transport in Guinea, West Africa consists almost entirely of "bush taxis" -- decrepit Peugeots abandoned decades ago by Europeans, driven across the Sahara and patched together with electrical tape and sheer determination. Uncomfortable would be an understatement and you never know when - or if - you'll arrive, but you can't help but bond with your fellow passengers and learn to laugh at all the absurd adventures of the road.
   It once took me 31 hours to cover 200 kilometers between Guinea and Mali.

2. 

   Speeding through Shanghai aboard China's Mag-Lev Train

   Flying over land at 270 mph offers an opportunity to recalibrate a sense of speed established in childhood

3. 

   The Monongahela Incline

   One of the two Inclines at Pittsburgh. From the top, you get a fabulous view of Pittsburg's skyline.

4. 

   The Road to Bandipur

   Aggressive monkeys, wild elephants, and the elusive endangered tiger made this journey to India's Bandipur National Park one to remember.

5. 

   the Detroit People Mover

   The Detroit People Mover is a small elevated rail line that circles downtown in just 13 stops, looping around the city's old buildings.

6. 

   moving to the opera

   The Detroit Opera House and Ford Field, seen beyond the looping tracks of the Detroit People Mover.

7. 

   Maglev greeter

   A young woman stands ready to admit passengers on Shanghai's mag-lev train

8. 

   The Metro/Le Métro