Making sense of the subcontinent
Neil Miller Filed Under: #IndiasNotIndia, Transportation
Now that you have figured out how to get around your city, it’s time to expand your horizons! Traveling around India is fun and guaranteed to give you a great story. Just by traveling as few as 200 km away, you might find yourself in what seems like a whole new country! #IndiasNotIndia
You have four main options to get to a different city (unless you plan on getting there on your own):
Neil Miller Filed Under: Transportation
Most Indian cities have a plethora of methods of transportation to choose from, and each comes with its own advantages and stories. Here are some options you might have: [Read more…]
Neil Miller Filed Under: #ChaosBeatsLogic, #GreyIsWhite, #TimeIsEternal, Transportation
There are no really bad ways and no really great ways to get from Chennai to Bangalore. Bus, car, train, even plane – all have their benefits and drawbacks. Faced with one client meeting at noon and another at 3pm and an open weekend ahead of me, I opted to leave in the morning and drive.
Any Indian will tell you with full certainty that it takes exactly 5 hours to drive to Bangalore. However, I have never actually experienced this in my life and am still not sure it is physically possible. (Though I now hear myself saying it to others as well.)
Here is my story. I marked my mistakes with a * and good ideas with a ^.
My original plan was to leave at 6 am, giving myself a good extra hour to reach. As I told my friends, they continually told me to prepone my departure time to avoid traffic, so I left at 5 am^. [Read more…]