Planes Trains Elephants Author:Brian Thacker Tour guide and all-around wacky traveler Brian Thacker offers his adventures with different modes of transportation in this laugh-out-loud collection of travel stories. For Thacker, the journey has often proven more interesting, entertaining, and amusing than the destination. Related are mishaps with fairly normal forms of transportation-a hazar... more »dously drunken subway ride in London and a hike through the Sound of Music-esque hills of Austria with a man named Hans. Also included are anecdotes about bizarre forms of transportation in unusual locations, such as a suicidal donkey tour through the Greek Isles, a treacherous voyage by yacht off the coast of Albania, and a ride on a particularly grouchy camel.« less