How To Make Overnight Journeys Interesting
July 19, 2008
Given India’s vast distances, an overnight journey becomes inevitable when visiting relatives or far flung friends. If, you aren’t so lucky as to savour the romance of India’s rail journeys, and have opted to go by bus, you could be answering nature’s call some where in the bushes, as most bus stations either lack public toilets, or the filth of them deters you.
However, while ninety percent of the public toilets in India are breeding grounds for diseases, the public toilets to be found at Puducherry Government bus stand in south India are one of the exceptions. Surprisingly clean, one is startled to find a public toilet at a government bus stand so well maintained. Mostly, they are a nightmare for travellers as they stink, no one bothers to pull the flush as either there is no water or it doesn’t work.
While, that may be, one can still make overnight journeys interesting by ensuring one has visited the loo at home before embarking on one’s trip. One can also limit one’s liquid intake to ensure that the urge to answer nature’s call is not too frequent. One can take the opportunity of relieving oneself in the bushes (cleaner than public toilets) when the bus happens to make a stop.
Break the tedium of a long journey by making friends amongst your co-passengers. If, you don’t like the idea of breaking bread with strangers, then why not get comfortable and get some shut-eye so that when you arrive at your destination in the morning, you will wake up looking bright-eyed and bushy tail.
When embarking on overnight journeys, make sure you carry a couple of books to read, or a board game like chess or scrabble to overcome the tedium of travelling miles and miles on a bone-jarring bus ride or a crowded train. However, overnight journeys in India rarely get boring as India is one country where one never knows what is going to happen next.
Whether, you are travelling by bus or by rail, there is always entertainment to be found either inside or outside. Hawkers, sellers, entertainers hop on wherever the train or the bus stops for a short break. Without doubt, an overnight journey in India reveals much about the country and its people. It offers great insight into the tolerant and accepting nature of its people, who put up with all hardships smilingly and uncomplainingly.
That may be all very well, but perhaps complaining would help improve public transport and public toilets, so that answering the call of nature does not frighten one on an overnight journey!
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