Oct 27th:
The bus I was in was searching for the road in the Medavakkam-Sholinganallur segment while it was pouring down cats and dogs. A mini stream was running down south across the road. Even heavy vehicles could feel the pressure of water pushing the vehicle sideways. If anyone would have driven, or rather had the guts to drive thru the road that day, the driving logic would be simple; Spot for two electric poles, yes u got the road; its inbetween the two poles! Such was the condition of the road.
I was seated right behind the driver and what else I could ask for? It was just fearsome. The bus would tilt about 30-40 degrees when it crosses a pothole. Imagine the driver's mindset with people inside the bus making noises out of fear. Its simply the skill and guts of an unsung hero that carried us thru the stretch not only on that day but for quite sometime after rains battered the road crazy.
Intha mazhaikke Chennai naari pochu. What would have happened had Chennai had a Bombay kinda rain?!?
The bus I was in was searching for the road in the Medavakkam-Sholinganallur segment while it was pouring down cats and dogs. A mini stream was running down south across the road. Even heavy vehicles could feel the pressure of water pushing the vehicle sideways. If anyone would have driven, or rather had the guts to drive thru the road that day, the driving logic would be simple; Spot for two electric poles, yes u got the road; its inbetween the two poles! Such was the condition of the road.
I was seated right behind the driver and what else I could ask for? It was just fearsome. The bus would tilt about 30-40 degrees when it crosses a pothole. Imagine the driver's mindset with people inside the bus making noises out of fear. Its simply the skill and guts of an unsung hero that carried us thru the stretch not only on that day but for quite sometime after rains battered the road crazy.
Intha mazhaikke Chennai naari pochu. What would have happened had Chennai had a Bombay kinda rain?!?
This is certianly one of the rides of my lifetime, but nothing to match the one downhill in Tirupathi courtesy Girish and co. Man, those guys are crazy. I still feel a bit for having missed the ride uphill though walking uphill to Tirumala was a pleasure and adventure in itself... :-)
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i used to enjoy the bus rides in the school bus where our fav game was balancing act. the potholes and the leap the bus would take and the ability to resist holding on to something was something i enjoyed and still want to get back to ........
ya roads in my part of the country are too in such a messy conditions and i empathize .......
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