Yeah, I wouldn't want to drive in cities either. Mostly, though, I'm afraid of being stuck on the side of the road by myself, and/or being lost. (I'm very good at getting lost, even with a GPS.)
I'm American, so I'm used to driving on the right. But then one of the places I would love to go driving around is Wales, so no help there . . . ; )
The Russia-Mongolia-China trip sounds like it was amazing! If I chicken out of going independently, a small-size tour group like that would be ideal. I agree that tour groups can be good things, especially when the guide is knowledgeable. More than once I've been to a place, learned something important about it afterwards and thought, "I wish I'd known that while I was there." But I do like to make my own choices about where I go, and for me, part of the adventure of travel is diving in and finding my own way around. I just prefer for it to not to get too adventurous, which might be the case for Russia on my own.
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I'm American, so I'm used to driving on the right. But then one of the places I would love to go driving around is Wales, so no help there . . . ; )
The Russia-Mongolia-China trip sounds like it was amazing! If I chicken out of going independently, a small-size tour group like that would be ideal. I agree that tour groups can be good things, especially when the guide is knowledgeable. More than once I've been to a place, learned something important about it afterwards and thought, "I wish I'd known that while I was there." But I do like to make my own choices about where I go, and for me, part of the adventure of travel is diving in and finding my own way around. I just prefer for it to not to get too adventurous, which might be the case for Russia on my own.