- Public transport doesn't go near to where I need to go
- Camping overnight is both illegal, and less comfortable than the hotel I was basing my hikes out of
I drove there, stayed at a hotel, and hiked out from that hotel every day. It was a very memorable trip. I then drove home.
The alternative would have been to get a bus to the train station (40 minutes), a train to the south of the park (2 hours), get a bus from the train station to another town (only 2 buses a day, morning and night, so we'd have had to leave home much earlier or lose a day), get another bus from that town to another town, then get another bus from that town to another town. All whilst lugging a large suitcase, camera bag & gear, and another backpack between us. The buses would have taken another 3 hours. Then if I needed to get home in an emergency, or otherwise leave quickly, I'd have to redo it all backwards, and hope I could make that twice a day bus.
No thanks, I'll just stick with my 1.5 hour drive from my front door to the hotel.
- Camping overnight is both illegal, and less comfortable than the hotel I was basing my hikes out of
I drove there, stayed at a hotel, and hiked out from that hotel every day. It was a very memorable trip. I then drove home.
The alternative would have been to get a bus to the train station (40 minutes), a train to the south of the park (2 hours), get a bus from the train station to another town (only 2 buses a day, morning and night, so we'd have had to leave home much earlier or lose a day), get another bus from that town to another town, then get another bus from that town to another town. All whilst lugging a large suitcase, camera bag & gear, and another backpack between us. The buses would have taken another 3 hours. Then if I needed to get home in an emergency, or otherwise leave quickly, I'd have to redo it all backwards, and hope I could make that twice a day bus.
No thanks, I'll just stick with my 1.5 hour drive from my front door to the hotel.