I like traveling in buses and trust me I know a thing or two about them. I must have put in some couple of thousand kilometers traveling in this very Indian mode of transport. If only they had frequent traveler points for these buses and I would have traveled enough to go around the world in a bus!
Traveling on a bus gives you a great chance to meet so many new and different people. I have always felt that the cheaper your mode of travel is, the better your travel companions are and the better your chances are for interacting with them. This logic has always worked for me. If I travel by the sleeper class in a train, I end up having a more memorable and enjoyable journey than a journey in the AC coach where the people are so snotty and conversation (if any) so boring. Maybe it’s just me or are we all getting so into ourselves that we no longer feel that interaction with the world is of any importance, or maybe we feel that whatever interaction has to be done, should be done for networking purposes?
All said maybe it is just me with all my prejudices J
Now the windows. This is something that all my fellow travelers will relate to. If by any chance you get bored talking to your neighbor (fat chance of that happening), just look out of the window and you see the beauty of
A bus ka window is different; it gives you a peek into the lives of all the people around you. Where else can you extend your Peeping Tom tendencies, without the danger of getting caught! J
I will remain in awe of these mechanical monsters and always remember these wonderful journeys.
1 comment:
swadesque mooken! footboards of trains and bus roofs are the happiest places to be... until the goddamn laws caught up and they dont let you ride them anymore... a/c is closer to the developed world, so less life!
once this chick was sitting in front of me in a bus in madhya pradesh and kept spitting paan out of her window, while the wind brought it back in thru mine
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