The term 'bus trip' usually doesn't sound very alluring to me. In fact, it sets my alarm bells ringing, conjuring up a vision of doddery old people being carted from sight to sight on their one-week round trip of Europe.
And yet, going by bus can prove to be a unique travel experience: When during a stay in the Canadian Rockies two years ago my friends and I decided to sniff some sea air and pay a visit to the Pacific Rim coast, the best option seemed to take a Greyhound bus. A time-honored icon of American travel, Greyhound offers a special bargain seemingly custom-fitted to the needs of undemanding, chronically underfinanced students: the Discovery Pass, valid for two weeks throughout Canada and the United States. Here's what happened on our road trip.
