Travel Lessons

Now it was a chance for me to go a lil out of the state and get the feel of heat. Right in Tamil Nadu , in a place called Kanchipuram - the silk paradise and temple town. This time it was a lil extended weekend for me including the following monday.

Left home on Saturday @ 9:00 pm to reach Satellite Bus Stop on the Mysore Road to board the bus.. with lots of hope on the bus that i had inquired the previous day i went ahead to the bus. I saw the KSRTC bus 444 which goes straight to kanchipuram ,as usual the conductor was shouting vellore, kanchipuram... vellore kanchipuram.... !!! . As I went close to him he stopped his shouting and asked me where do u want to go , and i said Kanchipuram. He said get in get in , and showed me a seat almost at the end of the bus, with no other option i took the seat. After 10 min the conductor came to collect tickets , i paid Rs.130 as bus fare, Happily the conductor went off.. After say around 20 min a huge gang with people of all ages came rushing in.. each one started shouting this is my seat everywhere.. I was lil shocked , one lady said its our seat .. so i called the conductor .. that man who made a mistake of not seeing those who had booked the tickets was in a state of confusion and most of the people shouting at him , he really got frustrated.

But he cudnt express his frustration since it was his mistake, of issuing the tickets without seeing if somebody else have booked the seats or not. A big scene was created around the conductor, i was observing each and everybody shouting at him,, and as if nothing happened the driver was smoking to his happiness. One of the passengers asked him gently can u give me a seat or not, the conductor said surely sir but please wait.The passenger waited and waited.. so he asked him again sir will u give me a seat or not. frustrated conductor says yes... on the Engine.. U shd have seen the anger of the passenger , he blasted him back.. and a huge commotion.. i decided to get out of this bus and try a diff one.. i asked the cond to give back the money and started to move on to check if someother bus is there. To my Luck there was one more TN bus on the roll and conductor shouting kanchipuram.. i ran with my luggage and boarded it , somehow to find a seat.

One Suggestion : Always book ur tickets beforehand to have a hastlefree journey !!