If your dream is to take time off and travel around the world, there is more than one way of doing it. Typically, people think of taking airplanes from point-to-point, but as we’ve recently seen with National Geographic’s project to take buses from Washington DC to Antarctica, other transportation options are out there. Plus, those with small budgets or fear of flying shouldn’t be deterred from fulfilling their travel dreams.

So we’ve got a few idea on how to take the bus around the world, after the jump!

· Go North-South, versus East-West:
For obvious reasons (like the existence of oceans), you won’t be able to do a pure lateral journey on buses. Instead, why not go longitudinal as Andrew Evans did for Bus2Antarctica? We say pick two north-south routes like Calgary to Ushuaia and Sapporo to Wellington. That way, you can do one before the other and not take off as much time from work. Obviously the Sapporo to Wellington route will involve some ferries, but it’ll also have you on some of Japan’s very nice buses, maybe some in South Korea, and then we suggest hopping over to China for some of their double-decker sleeper routes. See the list of resource sites below for more information.

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