On 11th i decide that i have to go to Kerala for Vishu no matter what the mode of transport...I had to cancel my 10th tickets because my leave wasnt fully sanctioned....so I decided to leave on 13th as Vishu is on 15th and Kani is the most important part of Vishu...also 14th is a National Holiday....
13th....i leave the office at 6pm and have a minor accident as the local bus i was getting into started before i could board completly but the excitement of going home was high that the pain was totally forgotten...then i go to Sattelite station where all the Kerala KSRTC buses are supposed to begin the journey but i am disappointed as there are no tickets available...:(
So i leave to double road where i know there are SETC buses...Well, atleast till Coimbatore i will reach without much disturbance...and the time is already 11pm....I get an a/c coimbatore bus in which the a/c is put when there are no people and when the bus is full from Salem, they decide to stop the a/c...finally i reached coimbatore at 8.30 am and then when i approach the Kerala KSRTC counter, there are no employees...reason...is it coz its Vishu?? no its coz no buses are crossing the border both ways....so, i realise that my Vishu is going to be in TN....what a wonderful start to the new year...but i decide to go to Ukaddam from where i know there will be KSRTC buses and i see that platform full of people who have been waiting for the same bus since 6.30 am....i rush to the railway station where i am told the next train is at 4pm...so i ask the people in the railway station what i should do and they tell that there is another way other than Walayar to cross the border and its via Pollachi....so i go back to Ukkadam where I am told there are contineous buses to Pollachi, get into the first bus visible and stand for over an hour to reach Pollachi. I don't think i have ever been so happy to see the red bus as i was that day...i get into a bus to Palakkad coz that leaves first and from Palakkad a bus to Trichur....its 2.30pm...what a wonderful day I had....and when i entered my friend's shop at East Fort their faces were worth the show coz i had become black due to all the dust, heat and TN buses
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