The trip!

The last post was full of gramatical errors and i truely regret for the fact that i am not so bad with english. Talking about english, this is one of the reasons for this post. I had come from Bengal on 14th evening flight. I got a call from my cousin brother that i have to visit Apollo Chennai to see my cousin sister's husband who was admitted there. I was almost slogging till 11 in the office that week and now i get a call from him. I have to be there at Chennai on Saturday morning. A pain in the a** but i had go. I thought chennai is just 6 hours so i can manage. I asked one of my colleagues to get the ticket details. He asked me to book it online. So i did. Going by bus coming by train. 

Finally friday nite and i am standing at Madivala. With a galaxy full of travel agents. I was wondering how i would recognise by bus. There was no bus number on the ticket. I had butterflies in my stomach already, thinking if i got fooled in some way. Ahh! There came a bus, with the same travel agency name. I go rush to its doorstep. The guy speaks in half Tamil and i somehow ask him if i can get on. He said sure you can...are you heading for chennai...the answer was madurai. I was as you would be, a dissapointed guy. Came back to the foot point and started staring at the other buses. I was pinching myslef all the time for not been to able to say a "No" to my brother. With only Maggi in my belly and a brain full of anxiety, the moment was killing me. I had been to Chennai before but did not return with much memories to cherish.Ahh!!! There you are...A chennai bus...probably the one i am looking for. Indeed it was. I went inside. A/C semi sleeper coach as it read on the ticket. Never had an experience of such a bus before. There were people sitting(sleeping) with blankets spread on thier body. I found my seat. Very unsure about how the push back worked, i asked the neighbouring guy to work it out for me. He did help in a very generous way and i asked him his little biodata. He was a pondichery based guy, working foe some company here in bangalore and was very generous again to share his word about the work he does with laser technology. I was happy to find a company for the journey though my eyes were drooling at about 11:30 in the nite. I asked the guy that i would want to take a nap and that he would have to wake me up in the morning. I was unsure about where to get down. Suddenly i get a call from Saunak, he asked me to go directly to his house after getting off the bus and that he would eventually take me Greames road, Apollo. I was more than happy to get that call. At about 12:30 i find that the whole of my body is succumbed with red bumps. Man there are bed bugs, i shouted. The guy sitting beside me was so generous that he almost offered me his blanket, obviously i did not take it.

It was early morning 6:00 am. I reached the bus terminus, i am not able to recall the name, but it was nearer to Saidapet. I get down from the bus and find that there are a streak of Auto Rickshaws, of course in a search for their pray. I had already heard horrified stories about Chennai Auto.I tried to behave as intelligent as i could by bypassing most of them. One of them asked me 100 bucks, i told him 30 and he was SHOCKED! I could very well make out that it would not be more than that anyways. I found one of the autos which agreed for 50 bucks. I discovered that the Sounak's residence was only 3 kilometers from that bus stop. I was helpless and i took the ride.

to be continued....