Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Bus Dairies of a Solo Traveller



It is often said that there are many feelings and memories attached to every journey, whatever mode of transport you choose, be it rail, by flight or by road. Well I’ve usually been more passionate towards trains or buses. However busy I have been I always loved to plan road trips. I am inclined towards bus when compared, just like more of a bus traveller. Given me a choice to choose from, I would straight away choose the bus and be happy. Long tiring journeys, too much noisy passengers and the smell are usually not my cup of tea. Although I have started travelling in buses lately, and I still remember my first solo bus journey memories stringed and it brings pleasant smile on my face.  The reason I state is very simple because onlinebus ticket booking is very easy on the go and are very much reliable. Although there are no tatkal bookings inn bus services unlike those in rail ticket booking.
I have always felt something impulsive about the bus trips. Not that I have a lot to make this statement. But I still remember going to the bus station in Hyderabad a couple of years ago and boarding up the next available bus to Bangalore in an instance. Since then I have always been travelling on bus. However I select only few buses to travel, because there has to be something to leisure your luxury. Also there was a time when I and my friends had planned a last minute trip to Goa but couldn’t make it through because we had no mode of transport. Although I feel that the heart of India truly lies within the small cities, town and villages. If you really want to discover every nook and corner of any country, well I suggest buses are your best mode to do with.
I had always loved travelling solo so there was this time when I had planned to travel to Hyderabad all of a sudden and had my bus ticket booked and was happy to travel solo and I had purposefully booked it in the morning so that I can see where I was going and the beautiful sceneries on my way back home. But god knows what he was doing to wiggle with my trip to home, he made my cousin land at my place the day before my travel date. He wanted to travel back home and had asked me to book tickets for him as well. And I was praying that he didn’t want to travel with me, but there he was with his luggage and indeed he was not joking. So I had to cancel my morning ticket and was surfing through online bus booking portals to buy tickets for me and my brother. I was shocked to know that there are more than 80,000 routes that they have been mapped on Indian roads to which these service providers were serving buses. Well, that is something that is supposed to be shared. I trailed off and forgot about the tickets and started exploring. I played and fiddled around with the destinations for some time which they had to offer just to check the prices. I decided to go to Ooty to get a breather from the summer heat in Bangalore once I’m back from Hyderabad.
Well yeah I remembered about the tickets and also realised that my brother was now staring at me and the screen in despair that I was shocked to see that the tickets were still available at the last moment. So yeah online busticket booking has been the easiest way to book your tickets and travelling to any destination with just a click away.

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