Nine years ago, when I was new to Delhi, I didn't know the bus routes very well. Many-a-times, I would hop on a wrong bus, realize my mistake and then get off at this point or that, after posing inane questions to the bus drivers or the conductor, which sometimes irritated them.
On numerous occasions, I got reprimanded by the irate passengers as well, but then, it always takes me an inordinate amount of time to find my bearings at a new place. No matter, how many times, I may have gone down the same lane, it always appears new to me. I don’t think I like most people, take in a road scene all at once...It goes in, in bits and pieces, that quite explains why, I don’t get the complete picture and keep losing my way on the same road!
Once tired from a morning row with my old landlady (for not paying the rent on time) and late night at the office the night before, I fell asleep on the bus. I was comfortably settled in the 'Ladies only' section, after making a young man give it up for me, a cool breeze was blowing, the bus was... read more >>
Lost Travel Stories
When you travel, especially by air, you are putting a great deal of faith in your air carrier. For example, you are trusting them with your possessions. You are trusting them deliver you safely to your destination. And you are trusting that the flight will land in the city that is printed on your ticket.
After one of my trips I am beginning to wonder if this trust is misplaced. I mean, they lose my baggage all the time, but I never expected them to lose ME!
It all went down during one of my trips out of the Seattle airport. I was scheduled to fly into Anchorage that day, and so far the trip had gone off without a hitch. Famous last words right? They called my flight, I boarded the plane, settled down in my seat, and just before I plugged myself into my headphones I heard, “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is flight 1432 non-stop to San Francisco.”
San Francisco!?!?! That’s in completely the wrong direction!
I jumped up, grabbed my bag, and ran to the front of the plane. They were about to shut the door, but I begged to get off and... read more >>