A lone journey to a new place... I'm on roads alone after more than a year... Over last one year I've traveled a lot...sometimes with family, sometimes with colleagues, sometimes with friends, sometimes with strangers who became best friends, gang of bikers and many more. And yes alone as well but for official purpose. Not like this, in my own company to explore the unexplored... Just to travel, just to enjoy the journey and to discover myself once again..
The day started on not so happy note.. Booked a cab to bus stand but the driver didn't turn up on time.. He called late and irritated me canceled the booking and went to the nearby auto stand.. Lucky to get an auto comfortably (not to forget its office time). But nobody knew where exactly the TTMC bus stand is.. Not even the autowallah! As most of the autowallahs in Bangalore are, he also was weak with our common language - 'English'. I tried to explain again that I need to catch a KSRTC bus to Coorg. Then he asked again if I want to go to bus depot, and I said Yes! Thats where I want to go (wondered at times simple things are so difficult to explain).
The moment I entered the place I understood why nobody knows it by its name TTMC bus stand. It is new bus stand and most likely became functional just a week ago. No wonder it is not there on google maps or anywhere else for that matter. Not a single man was there on the platform from where I had to take the bus.. It is an astonishing thing to find an empty platform at 7.30 AM in the morning in a country like India.
Anyways... M sitting alone at this virgin, granite laid platform waiting for the conductor/ driver to come while writing this post... More to come as the journey unfolds...
