Team Extreme

The name of our team was Team Extreme. Before I went on the trip, I thought it was named that because of the hiking we would be doing...now that I've been, I'm not so sure that the travelling is not much more extreme than the hiking! The travel was definitely more difficult for me than the hiking (and I'm not even considering the plane and train travel in this!).

In India, there were not lines painted down the center of the road to determine lanes. The one time I remembering seeing lines, they were not regarded anyway. I think the general rules of thumb are pick where you want to drive and blow your horn to warn others to get out of your way.

The larger cities are sooo congested with traffic. There are more cars in a row than lanes and it's crazy. Most Indians probably have hearing damage from all the loud horns that are constantly blowing.

On the mountain roads, it was no less scary though, and because I get car sick, I always had a front of the bus view to the craziness. Thank goodness for horns though because you at least would know most the time if there was another vehicle around that S-curve. Thankfully we survived the trip accident free!