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day tripping
We took a 5 hour bus ride to Kushalnagar, a town in Coorg,
and explored the place for a bit. Then we decided that the town was small
enough to complete within half a day so we took an hour’s bus ride (totally
impromptu) to a neighbouring town, Madikeri, to check out a waterfall. It was
pouring (monsoon season) and the pregnant falls were a sight to behold.
While taking the bus back to Kushalnagar (the hour long bus
ride cost us 30Rs = $0.70), I realized that that was how people travelled in
India. They probably had family in the neighbouring towns and the commute there
could have been to visit relatives for the weekend, before the mundane week
kicked in. I wonder how people live here. With the monsoon rains wreaking havoc,
with buildings collapsing in the North from the floods, with a government that
is trying its best but facing huge restrictions due to lacking resources. The world
is so huge and teeming with people. Made me realise how much of a spoilt brat I
am when I don’t even feel like walking to the nearest MRT station to get to
school while other people have to contend with a non-existent transport system.
Buses that take forever to arrive and that breakdown ever so often (our bus
back to Bangalore broke down in the middle of the highway).
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| PIC W THE DALAI LAMA ho ho |
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| very Mary Poppins-ish |
India is eye-opening. Coming back here a second time, I thought
I’d seen it all but I've been proven wrong.
“some people feel like they don't deserve love. they walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”
“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”
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