d to spend 3 days wid my cousin in bangalore...I have always wanted to travel by Shatabdi but never got an opportunity to satisfy my wish..on this ocassion m wish was going 2 be satisfied...the trip started wid the shatabdi express ddeparting frm platform 2A,chennai central ..the train departed sharp at 6am...had nice catering staff...awesome breakfast and juice was served during the journey..i spent some time shooting videos of the highway which was alongside the track..The train zoomed past katpadi at 07:38..and crossed the famous suspension H bridge at Krishnarajapuram @ 10:08..omg 350kms in 248mins !!!!! quite a big achievemet in Indian Railways..the train reached bangalore city station 25mis ahead of schedule..was hugely pleased by the 1st Shatabdi experience..however IR c
a do some help in improvig the rakes..they are appaling compared to the shatabdis connecting delhi..I moved out to the Majestic Bus Termius..had 2 catch a bus to banaswadi...luckily got a direct bus...the bangalore traffic..what 2 say..its worse than pathetic..it took 2 full hours 2 reach my cousin's place..had a nice brunch and the entire day went was wasted in chit chats and tv watching...The next day we decided 2 watch Die Hard 4 @ Inox,Garuda Mall..we reached the place in time by manoeuvering the blore traffic..We took some snaps inside the Scary House...Had world class cinema experience..We had lunch at Ballal residency..i can say that it is easily one of the finest restaurants of bangalore..We the decided 2 take the Air Conditione Hi Tech Volvo bus from Majestic to Whitefield..just to get the feel of the Volvo bus...the 50 rupee jourey was fantastic though bit expensive..never mind..a ride in a 80lac bus would obviously be expensive..The bus journey was so smo
oth that it appeared like the bus was floating in the air!!The height of the bus enabled us 2 get a clear view of the HAL airport runway from the road..We changed 2 buses on our journey back home..The Next day we decided 2 go to ITI colony in KRpuram(the place wer my cousin had lived for over 15yrs)..We spent time walking through the huge grounds..recollecting the past..we had some cakes at a bakery..just as we were having the cakes..an idea tossed up in my mind...y not we go to mysore???I wanted to experience the much talked about blore-mysore expressway...we immediately went to Kempe Gowda bus terminus..It was a bit funny...I had my train back 2 chennai @ 11 in the night and i was leaving for mysore at 1pm !!!!!We took the Volvo bus ...expnesive tkt of 200 rupees..but was worth the amount spent..we s
ailed through the highway and reached mysore in less than 2.5hrs..we planned to have food at dasaprakash...but finally went to pizza corner ! cousin treated me for 400 rupees...the chocolate brownie was yummy..we posed for few pics and wer left with less than a hr for the train bak 2 blore !!!!! sounds crazy rite...2hr trip to mysore..just for the sake of travel!!!!!I have been 2 the mysore palace and KRS Dam bf4 ..so dint feel the need 2 visit them again..The Mysore Railway station has this unique pink coloured clock tower..The train was at 1800hrs..i took loads of videos and pics in that jry bak 2 blore...The cauvery Belt is simply fantabulous..lush gr
een..a visual treat..the cauver river crossing at srirangapatna deserves mentio..the well laid tracks supported by the king TRUSSes is definitely a great engineering feat..The train fially reachd blore at 9pm...I had o rush 2 my cousin's place to take my bag and make a move for the chennai train..since it was already too late..i decided 2 catch the train @ KRpuram..The overnight jrny was peaceful..i woke up to see no1 i the train!!!! i got up only 10mins after the train reached Chennai Central...I then moved 2 Park station and waited 20mins for an EMU to mambalam..The wonderful trip was finally over as i reached my house !
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