Trip to Mt.Abu: Day 0 - Sept 15th 2006
We (me and latak) reached the bus stop. We asked the travel agent as to when is the bus gonna come. He was busy on the phone and pointed in the east direction (I think it was east, but then there is no way I could be sure coz it was night :o)).
Lugaai came by then. He had to withdraw cash (4 me too since I still don’t know where is the nearest ICICI atm :o( ). We told him “The bus hasn’t come. We have to wait here”. We too, just for time pass went and asked the agent. This time the agent actually spoke. And then did we come to know that the bus was waiting for the 3 of us. We walked up to the bus (in the east direction :o)) and boarded the bus. We asked “kaunsi seats hai” (it was a sleeper bus…. and I had no idea of what naming or numbering convention they followed. It was combination of numbers and alphabets but with none of them appearing together, and there were sleeper racks…I don’t know what else to call them..on the top and seats below. Add to it the fact that this was the first time I was boarding a sleeper bus). The conductor said “kahi bhi baith jao” !!!!!!! We thought aloud “kya $%($*%($ hai”. Then he gave us a REM on why he said what he said (if u guys remember, REM is a remedial session, meant to explain to hapless individuals like me the truth about life). Our current bus was going to SaiBag (some place in Ahmedabad) and we had to get down there and wait for the bus to Mt. Abu. Wokay. So be it. We boarded the bus. It took us to SaiBag. We bid adieu to the bus. And we waited. For about half n hour (at least). Over 3-4 smokes and a couple of bottles of water and about a quarter litre of sweat per head and a mitha pan (one without supari for lugaai) we waited for our escort to Mt. Abu. It finally arrived. It was a sleeper!!! (of course it was, that is what we had paid for). We boarded. I sat. Then I slept. N then morning 5 odd we reached.
Lugaai came by then. He had to withdraw cash (4 me too since I still don’t know where is the nearest ICICI atm :o( ). We told him “The bus hasn’t come. We have to wait here”. We too, just for time pass went and asked the agent. This time the agent actually spoke. And then did we come to know that the bus was waiting for the 3 of us. We walked up to the bus (in the east direction :o)) and boarded the bus. We asked “kaunsi seats hai” (it was a sleeper bus…. and I had no idea of what naming or numbering convention they followed. It was combination of numbers and alphabets but with none of them appearing together, and there were sleeper racks…I don’t know what else to call them..on the top and seats below. Add to it the fact that this was the first time I was boarding a sleeper bus). The conductor said “kahi bhi baith jao” !!!!!!! We thought aloud “kya $%($*%($ hai”. Then he gave us a REM on why he said what he said (if u guys remember, REM is a remedial session, meant to explain to hapless individuals like me the truth about life). Our current bus was going to SaiBag (some place in Ahmedabad) and we had to get down there and wait for the bus to Mt. Abu. Wokay. So be it. We boarded the bus. It took us to SaiBag. We bid adieu to the bus. And we waited. For about half n hour (at least). Over 3-4 smokes and a couple of bottles of water and about a quarter litre of sweat per head and a mitha pan (one without supari for lugaai) we waited for our escort to Mt. Abu. It finally arrived. It was a sleeper!!! (of course it was, that is what we had paid for). We boarded. I sat. Then I slept. N then morning 5 odd we reached.
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posted by Anurag at
7:37 AM
2 Comments:
:) I am sooo jealous :) of the fact that you went to Mt Abu!
Your names are wierd!! Lugaai and bataas and latak :)
I had a very similar experience once of getting into the bus and settling down in the bus only to be told this is a transit bus :) I think it was from Blore to Calicut.
@hitchhiker
names have a reason....cant share it though.... :o)....against the rules of this place :o)
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