Yes.Private Buses in cochin are more fun than any amusement park in the world.My life is full of adventure.Every single day is an adventure.The moment i step onto the bus,i become spiritual,i pray,i never look at the road,i pray again,and the moment i step from the bus,i thank god for making me still in one single piece.I have been lucky for the past 3 years,incredibly lucky.
The moment,u step onto the bus(which basically means getting a fingerhold..) u remain focussed,ur only aim ,to come out alive.Once u r inside the bus (with the help of a hundred thousand pushpulls,and a not so occasional steptoes) u dissolve into the bus.u and the bus becomes a single entity.u feel every jerk,every single pothole,every single sudden brake.u r subjected to the most intense aerobics session,where ur body gets atleast 3 complete rotations,in a single minute.The fact that therez a top secret, big money race between every single bus driver in cochin(thatz the only plausible explanation!!) does not help ur cause one bit.The bus that wins usually is my bus...(i am so damn lucky that i am still here to type this stuff..!!)
I guess the prize money is really really high.Bus is king.The driver is the emperor.I never prefer to sit near the window.Not just because,of the incredibly 'clean' air and the 'perfumed' smell in kaloor,but also because the approx distance between 2 buses travelling together is 1 inch.Then i become part of 2 buses.i can sense the sudden brakes,and the jerks of 2 buses.My pain is quadrupled,my fear octapled(is the word valid?),and my sense of adventure hexapled.When the bus reaches ur stop,u think that the adventure is over.If u attack the final phase of ur bus journey with complacency,u r doomed.Stepping or jumping out of the bus requires precision,and dare.Kerala tourism should really start promoting this as an adventure sport.
PS:I guess i did go too far,but the bus ride i had today was the greatest adventure of my life,to date.
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yeah Ullas you are right. Even its bit ahead 4m DTC :)
you didn't mention about traffic heheheehhehe thats also superb here specially near Ernakulam and north junction. yaar distance is not so big but it takes atleast an hour to reach there although they r speed freak ,isn't it?
Jesus!!!!!are kerala bus rides that adventurous.
I know Kerala bus drivers think they'r F1 racers and take their buses to be nothing less than Ferrari.But,I totally disagree with the guy who said DTC's or for matter Delhi private buses are better,here in Delhi they'r called 'Terror on wheels'.Its one of the main reasons why people here don't use public transport.Three year stint with the Delhi buses has taught me one thing.Its better to walk to your destination than to take a bus.
Added to that,pollution,frustrated people,traffic jams,potholes etc and you end up cursing yourself for having taken a bus and not to forget the hostile drivers and bus conductors.
Well..Ullas your right to an extend.But trust me, come to Delhi someday and take a bus ride i bet you'll rewrite this ..:-)
Having travelled both in Delhi (DTC's nd Bluelines) nd Kerala buses.. i think the latter wins hands down! its just not the buses but also the men in kerala buses that try to run over you! During my visit to cochin last year, I happened to take a Private bus from marine drive to edapally, for the first time in 10 years. Trust me..my bus ride was far more adventurous than a speed boat ride.
Remember elsa.. we used to spend hours waiting at the bus stop for an empty bus or atleast one where we could stand on one feet? I don't think our country has reached such an optimum level of development where everybody can afford a car and do away with the public transport system. It's still the lifeline of most Indians.
once u r bored with the girls at bus stop find a nice bus wid good "collection". get into the bus through front door.with this ,i never felt any problem goin in private buses,indeed i love those journeys.and when some other bus come close at regular intervels they r trying to share hteir girls wid us, make the most out of the situation.
ullas,hop u need to learn more, need to start enjoyin private bus journeys:P
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