At 8.00 PM on a Friday in March 2008, we took the Volvo Bus (run by Himachal tourism department) from I.S.B.T Bus stand. Pretty shitty, rickety Bus, not the one which comes to mind when you are told “Volvo”, Rs. 870 at that!
The icing on the cake was that we got the last seats. Anybody who has traveled on Indian roads knows what that means. Your butt is never talking to you again when you get off the ride. Scheduled a break-stop max. 3 hrs from now, please!
Indeed it did stop at a fancy restaurant somewhere, where buffet was set for the passengers. Had to pay Rs. 75. The rest of the journey went off sleeping uncomfortably in our back-seats which wasn’t even a “push-back”. Another stop for breakfast was made at 6.30 AM the next day.
The weather was mildly cold. There was some commotion last night on our way to Chandigarh due to an accident, the debris from which was blocking the highway. The Bus had to do some off-roading which added an extra 1 hr to the journey.
Tags: Travel Trip