Comments on Travel Tales from India: Traveling by the State Transport Buses in India

Anybody who has been to the Himalayas would cringe...

2006-05-25T08:17:00.000+05:30

Anybody who has been to the Himalayas would cringe when they see that photo of the bus. I have been less frightened bunjee jumping in Queenstown, New Zealand!
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Oh that's the chamera dam . that's so grand . i a...

2006-05-25T02:46:00.000+05:30

Oh that's the chamera dam . that's so grand . i also took some pictures. you can see it here http://www.flickr.com/photos/vj_pics/68093184/in/set-1118934/
incidentally that day i was also in state government bus and took images from moving bus .see if u like them
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vj_pics/68093184/in/set-1118934/

Travel plaza, thank you for your kind words.Pooja,...

2006-05-23T10:40:00.000+05:30

Travel plaza, thank you for your kind words.

Pooja, teaching 18 year olds makes one patient :) I get a lot of practice.

PK, I too have found the buses to be in a different class in a few places that I have been to in Europe but the places we reach by those buses are so beautiful!

TT, I can very well imagine your plight!

Velu, sorry to disappoint you. Yeah, the life goes on, even though I have pop ups in my blog :)

you have pop up's in your blog? What a shame. Just...

2006-05-22T18:23:00.000+05:30

you have pop up's in your blog? What a shame. Just when I was thinking that it was a halfway decent blog.

Have a good life.
Velu

I can only imagine...I also get motion sickness, s...

2006-05-21T05:16:00.000+05:30

I can only imagine...I also get motion sickness, so I have learned early on to take medicine or to sit in the front of the bus. It might be interesting to say that you had goats as fellow passengers, but I would agree with the constant variable that it makes for a good story after the trip is over!

I don't have a bus experience, but I was on a ten hour flight with a women and her child sick and sitting next to me. Since it was a full plane I had no choice but to sit next to her and let her place her filled vomit bag on my tray table as she began to fill another bag! Gross. I don't not want that experience again...

Everyday expirience for those who travel regularly...

2006-05-21T01:54:00.000+05:30

Everyday expirience for those who travel regularly in ST. I hope your bus was good,not rattling and making such a din that its impossible to doze off.Recently I have travelled in Europe and US by Public transport-Bus.Lone driver is well prepared for all such evantuality andyour journey is comfertable and enjoyable.God knows when we will reach that stage in India.--PK

My sympathies, Mridula. You are patient - I would ...

2006-05-20T21:45:00.000+05:30

My sympathies, Mridula. You are patient - I would definitely have lost it at the lady's reply in the train...or probably even before that - in the bus itself.

Hi Mridula,I just discovered your blog while brows...

2006-05-19T20:07:00.000+05:30

Hi Mridula,

I just discovered your blog while browsing for other travel blogs. Let me just say, wonderful blog!! I have also had great experiences traveling in the buses in India. But that was a while back, I thought maybe things had changed! perhaps not...
Anyways, keep up the good work..happy blogging :)
Oh yes, do check outmy blog when you get a cchnace and feel free to comment...:)
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TCV, I agree it is FUN traveling that way, but onl...

2006-05-19T16:05:00.000+05:30

TCV, I agree it is FUN traveling that way, but only after I am back home, not while it is happening.

i have had a not so similar..but equally bad exper...

2006-05-19T09:20:00.000+05:30

i have had a not so similar..but equally bad experience..traveling in buses in madhya pradesh..and UP..The buses are really bad out there...with pan chewing bhaiyas..who insist on spreading the good pan all around...

but have never had the opportunity of traveling with goats..chicken, yes..goats no...

anyway fun traveling like that, dont u think..after u get back to sanity...