Chennai to Coimbatore - Around the water in 2 days
Yeah, in "Ek tho theen..." song's introduction style, I hear many of u asking me, " Pehle Pehle yeh kahiye Kahaan thi aap.....". Wud like very much to say,"Mein? Mein tho kar rahi thi kisiki intezaar..... ".
But the reality is that, bcoz of the love of Varuna Bhagwan(the God of rain) towards Chennai and the year 2005's idea of having Diwali and Ramzan in the same week, drove me home. Spent 10 days at home.
It would be an understatement if I don't mention my tragic(naa naa, now I will call it heroic or adventurous) journey to home this time.
On a stretch, Chennai to Coimbatore takes 8 hrs by train and max. 10 hrs by bus. Here is my travelogue.....
Oct 26, 2005
I reach hostel by 10 PM from office. Hostel mess closed. No dinner. Yahoooooooooooo! I don't have to eat rice.
Oct 27, 2005 5.00 AM
No power. So woke up. Looks very dark and climate is very cold. It has been rainingcontinuously. So sleep again.
6.00 AM
Power comes back. Wear a sweater. Switch on fan (for some of yday's clothes drying inside room) and go to sleep.
7.00 AM
Faintly I cud hear someone saying that there is no power in the other wing(the side where the water pump runs) of hostel. This wakes me up as if somebody has thrown ice cold water over my warm face. So I take bath soon(bcoz the water will stop soon, which is not something unexpected). I wear a thick dress as its too cold. My next roommate shouts that the breakfast is "Pongal". So I decide not to take breakfast in hostel today. Will have it in Office cafeteria.
8.45 AM
I get a call from my office colleague (who was in office) that the company has declared holiday to Chennai offices as there is hip-level water in front of office and no power.People in office cudn't leave bcoz of this.
9.00 AM
I get a lot of SMS from office colleagues abt the holiday and I do my part by fwding to some more.
9.15 AM
I call up my mom and say that I am starting then as there is no power, and in few hrs, there will b no water too. And as office is also a holiday, and I feel a bit feverish, I am trying to come home soon by some day train.
9.30 AM
I call up travel agent and I hear there r 300 vacancies in West Coast Xpress to Coimbatore which starts at 11 AM. I bid goodbye to my hostelmates saying that I am going home by train, when many r waiting in the hostel with that day's train tickets as they r afraid to travel even in auto to rly station/bus stand in the fear of getting stranded in the middle of their journey bcoz of rain.
9.45 AM
Without combing my hair, just put a "clip Kondai" as my hair isn't dry after bath, I come out with my luggage packed in 5 mins.I have 400 Rs. only in my hand. No time to go to ATMs.
Catch an auto.(Costed 50 Rs.).
10.30 AM
After the auto swam in water for 45 mins, here I am in Central Rly station starring at the counters, where the man in the only open counter says that all trains r cancelled.
10.45 AM
All the travels near Central Rly station say that buses to Coimbatore will start from there only in night. They tell me to try my luck in Koyambedu.
11.45 AM
Reached Koyambedu, with the auto swimming second time in water. (Auto travel cost Rs. 120). I am half-drencehed. By the time, I get down from auto and take few steps into Koyambedu bus stand, I am fully drenched as if somebody has lifted me and dropped into a pool of water.
12.00 AM to 9 PM
As there r no direct buses to Coimbatore starting then, I board a bus to Salem(Ticket cost Rs. 110), dripping with water.Water is running inside the bus too. Everybody and everything inside the bus is wet. There is awful odour inside the bus and I feel like puking. I keep my heavy bag on my lap as I don't want things to get wet by keeping the bag down on the floor. When the bus goes via Vadapalani, I cud c an ambassador car fully immersed in water. I am happy that I am inside a bus, as I now have only toe-level water, when I am inside it.
As I wore a thick dress, it isn't getting dry either. I long for sunshine. I really feel like puking. I ctrl my urge and try to sleep. But my legs r aching as the bag is heavy, and my heavy drenched dress is adding to the plea.
The bus stops in Dindivanam. Though I haven't ate anything since the previous night, the stinking smell puts me off. So I buy a MarieGold biscuit pkt(Cost Rs. 14 - cheater. Its usually Rs. 12 in departmental stores) alone and force some 3 to 4 biscuits into my stomach. Stink, dampness, puking sensation, cold, hunger.................... I wanted to jump out of the bus.
Bus atlast reaches Salem by 9 PM.
I stay in my uncle's place and start from Salem the nxt day at 11 AM(Ticket cost Rs. 55). The bus reaches Coimbatore by 4 PM(Normally it is 3 hrs journey). Now, I am wondering y it took so long, despite the fine weather. I catch a town bus to my home. What a warm journey it was! I reached home successfully on October 28th 2005 at 5 PM, with around Rs. 45 in hand.
I am planning a journey to Antarctica and African forests. Anyone interested???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But the reality is that, bcoz of the love of Varuna Bhagwan(the God of rain) towards Chennai and the year 2005's idea of having Diwali and Ramzan in the same week, drove me home. Spent 10 days at home.
It would be an understatement if I don't mention my tragic(naa naa, now I will call it heroic or adventurous) journey to home this time.
On a stretch, Chennai to Coimbatore takes 8 hrs by train and max. 10 hrs by bus. Here is my travelogue.....
Oct 26, 2005
I reach hostel by 10 PM from office. Hostel mess closed. No dinner. Yahoooooooooooo! I don't have to eat rice.
Oct 27, 2005 5.00 AM
No power. So woke up. Looks very dark and climate is very cold. It has been rainingcontinuously. So sleep again.
6.00 AM
Power comes back. Wear a sweater. Switch on fan (for some of yday's clothes drying inside room) and go to sleep.
7.00 AM
Faintly I cud hear someone saying that there is no power in the other wing(the side where the water pump runs) of hostel. This wakes me up as if somebody has thrown ice cold water over my warm face. So I take bath soon(bcoz the water will stop soon, which is not something unexpected). I wear a thick dress as its too cold. My next roommate shouts that the breakfast is "Pongal". So I decide not to take breakfast in hostel today. Will have it in Office cafeteria.
8.45 AM
I get a call from my office colleague (who was in office) that the company has declared holiday to Chennai offices as there is hip-level water in front of office and no power.People in office cudn't leave bcoz of this.
9.00 AM
I get a lot of SMS from office colleagues abt the holiday and I do my part by fwding to some more.
9.15 AM
I call up my mom and say that I am starting then as there is no power, and in few hrs, there will b no water too. And as office is also a holiday, and I feel a bit feverish, I am trying to come home soon by some day train.
9.30 AM
I call up travel agent and I hear there r 300 vacancies in West Coast Xpress to Coimbatore which starts at 11 AM. I bid goodbye to my hostelmates saying that I am going home by train, when many r waiting in the hostel with that day's train tickets as they r afraid to travel even in auto to rly station/bus stand in the fear of getting stranded in the middle of their journey bcoz of rain.
9.45 AM
Without combing my hair, just put a "clip Kondai" as my hair isn't dry after bath, I come out with my luggage packed in 5 mins.I have 400 Rs. only in my hand. No time to go to ATMs.
Catch an auto.(Costed 50 Rs.).
10.30 AM
After the auto swam in water for 45 mins, here I am in Central Rly station starring at the counters, where the man in the only open counter says that all trains r cancelled.
10.45 AM
All the travels near Central Rly station say that buses to Coimbatore will start from there only in night. They tell me to try my luck in Koyambedu.
11.45 AM
Reached Koyambedu, with the auto swimming second time in water. (Auto travel cost Rs. 120). I am half-drencehed. By the time, I get down from auto and take few steps into Koyambedu bus stand, I am fully drenched as if somebody has lifted me and dropped into a pool of water.
12.00 AM to 9 PM
As there r no direct buses to Coimbatore starting then, I board a bus to Salem(Ticket cost Rs. 110), dripping with water.Water is running inside the bus too. Everybody and everything inside the bus is wet. There is awful odour inside the bus and I feel like puking. I keep my heavy bag on my lap as I don't want things to get wet by keeping the bag down on the floor. When the bus goes via Vadapalani, I cud c an ambassador car fully immersed in water. I am happy that I am inside a bus, as I now have only toe-level water, when I am inside it.
As I wore a thick dress, it isn't getting dry either. I long for sunshine. I really feel like puking. I ctrl my urge and try to sleep. But my legs r aching as the bag is heavy, and my heavy drenched dress is adding to the plea.
The bus stops in Dindivanam. Though I haven't ate anything since the previous night, the stinking smell puts me off. So I buy a MarieGold biscuit pkt(Cost Rs. 14 - cheater. Its usually Rs. 12 in departmental stores) alone and force some 3 to 4 biscuits into my stomach. Stink, dampness, puking sensation, cold, hunger.................... I wanted to jump out of the bus.
Bus atlast reaches Salem by 9 PM.
I stay in my uncle's place and start from Salem the nxt day at 11 AM(Ticket cost Rs. 55). The bus reaches Coimbatore by 4 PM(Normally it is 3 hrs journey). Now, I am wondering y it took so long, despite the fine weather. I catch a town bus to my home. What a warm journey it was! I reached home successfully on October 28th 2005 at 5 PM, with around Rs. 45 in hand.
I am planning a journey to Antarctica and African forests. Anyone interested???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Labels: travel
posted by Fathima Sagar | 6:54:00 am
33 Comments:
That sounds great. Better u shud have had some company. Atleast shud have contacted ppl over phone. That shud have kept your confidence up. African adventure? I'll let u know after my trip to Mars.
Ha ha ha ha ha(Villainous style). Mars? Woh tho chote bachon kaa khel hai! Bcoz it is said, humans can live there if some conditions change. Pluto -ko chalegaa thoo?
achchi company mile tho Pluto kya, usse bhi dhoor jha saktha hoon.
...hmmmm there is a bit of my style of description reflecting in ur blog...
400 rs pothathay antartica poga?
innumkonjam jasti kondu vanthal naan varaan. puliyotharaium oorugayum en poruppu
"hip" - level water?? LOL .. are those for hip' n happening people ??
Parthi, I think u will claim copyrights for all travelogues
Tamilan, Not more than that. 400 Rs. kku ponaa thaan thrill.
I don't like puliyodharai much. I like Tomato rice.
Sanjiv, r u trying to tell me that u r one among the hip n happening ppl.
Viji, I think this is what one can call, "travelling in the same boat"!
parthi speaks hindi?? Hyderabad influence??
Hmmm, i thought bangalore was bad. Luckily, as if to give us all a nice send off, it stopped raining just in time for us to go home:). No adventure. Peaceful, swift journey:)
There is no place like home :)
Count me in for any travel - mars or antartica or africa.
And what is this about copyrights and styles? parthi, are u not copying stuff from all those books u have read or things that u heard all these years? (right from LKG ?? :)
now i know u r a bold girl
you are really a bold gal.
addadaddadadda..
rains really destroyed madras
Iris, u r not going to Pluto with Parthi?
Thx Prabu Karthik, Known Stranger and Srinivas.
Vatsan, its still destroying Chennai. And my washed clothes too.
Poor Fathi, bad experience. Next Antarticavaa? kalakku, knowing about you, nee ponaalum povae!
Good to see you blogging again. I thought you got off the blogging bug off your back.
Hello Docs Dope, in Hindi, its written using "tha" and not "ta" as in
ka series, cha series. It is "tha" series' first "tha" and not "ta" of "ta" series. Look up "Theen"'s Hindi spelling
Viji, better late than never. Joining in my group trip to Antartica?
Divi, world has become smaller.
Jinguchakka, the bug doesn't go away so easily.
Tatikonda, its ok.
Good one.
Inspired , i started to blog at
ganeshramblogshere.blogspot.com/
Have a look at it.Thankx.
Hi Fathima,
Truly speaking iam not a person who reads/posts blogs....but ur blog(esp this one) gave me a feel as though i was travelling in such a situation. Ur way of explanation was very good(sorry, though ur situation was bad at that time).
Keep Posting more....
ALL THE BEST
Ganesh Ram, inspired by me? Thats great! Hi ladies and gentlemen, listen to what Ganesh Ram has to say.
Ramya, Thx a lot. I will keep posting a lot.
some form of translation for non-hindi speaking blog readers would help a lot
I did not know u could write so much...when did u acquire this art??Awesome...keep it going!!
will comment on ur posts whenever time permits here after...Munch
VK, thanx for the suggestion.
The song " Ek tho theen..." starts like this," Pehle Pehle yeh kahiye Kahaan thi aap.....". "Mein? Mein tho kar rahi thi kisiki intezaar..... "
That is people ask Madhuri to first tell where was she so long(Pehle Pehle yeh kahiye Kahaan thi aap.....), for which she replies that she was waiting for somebody (Mein? Mein tho kar rahi thi kisiki intezaar.....)
Munch, welcome to my blog! When I acquire art of writing????? It was when I reduced the usage of my art of speaking by 1%
Until the very end, I thought it was another 'MasterCard' advertisement :)
hi fathi, thanks for the comment in my blog. Ur suggestions are always welcome. The problem of singing without bg music is that i sometime miss the pace. will try to make up on this.
Thanks for the suggestion. Nice to know you spent some time to see how the somg was comparing with the original.. :)
Keep visiting.. I am going to put a separate blog for songs soon :)
Jayan, I haven't seena Mastercard ad. Can u give a brief description abt that. BTW, thx. I will try my hand in advertising some day.
Anand Prabhu, will keep visiting
One problem I find disconcerting with some of your posts is the extensive use of Hindi. Not that I don't like Hindi, but that I don't know any decent amount of it...Better if you could give the translations immediately following the hindi text in brackets for lesser mortals like me...
adutha post'ai yeppO pOdaradhaa uthEsam? :-)
Rams, thx for the suggestion. Will do that from my nxt post.
Jinguchakka, I have my exams this week and the nxt. So will blog in the third week
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