The Worst Journey in the WorldAspley Cherry Garrard was the youngest member of the Scott Polar Expedition when he and two others lost their tent to the winds of a night-time snowstorm. They spent hours in temperatures below -70°F stumbling about the ice floes hoping they'd bump into it as it was their only hope of survival.
OK, so that was bad, but we reckon you've had worse. We know how hard you lot are.
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chthonic, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 12:40)
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I was told that to get to Laos I would have to spend 2 days travelling on a river boatI had visions of a lovely big Mississippi-type steamer with comfy seats, a cafe and maybe even a bar.
The boat turned out to be a glorified rowboat with an engine on the back. Hard wooden seats, which had been designed for the narrow Asian bottom, made it impossible to sleep. There was no cafe of course, but someone did manage to pick up a large dead catfish that was floating on the water.
There was a toilet however. By 'toilet' I mean there was a hole in the back of the boat surrounded by waist-high planks of wood. To get to it you had to crawl along the luggage space, at the back of the boat, past the odd chicken and the dead catfish which had been stored there.
We were given some bread on our stopover, which was nice, but we had to tap it to get all the ants off.
Still, it was better than Virgin trains.
(, Mon 11 Sep 2006, 22:20, Reply)
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