Public Transportation

As you may have read in previous posts that I take the company bus at 7 am. Sometimes it's quite difficult waking at 6 am. So maybe once a week we go by public transportation in a later time.

What me and Eduardo, my colleague and flat mate, take a rickshaw (a.k.a tok tok) pay 20 Rs. till a bus station called Halsuru. This is one of the main bus stops. A lot of buses goes to where my office is. At sometimes there could be one every 5 minutes.

Today was kinda different. We waited for like 15-20 mins and none of them came. Till came bus number 320 which goes there. It was kinda packed but do we have a choice? It came to a point that the amount of people going out were not even close to the number of people getting on. It's packed to the extent that if you try falling you won't be able to. You have people from all angles. The max that can happen is to fall on a lap of someone sitting. Ironically enough, most of the people go out only 2 stops before mine!! So that's only when I can have some space and hopefully find a seat for two more stops.

But who am I to complain?! :D I'm Egyptian!! We have buses like that back home if not worse. So I would like to thank the buses of Cairo for preparing me for stuff like this and giving me the endurance necessary to have a 1 hour ride in a crowded bus ;)

Now I need to be going to bed in order to catch the company bus. As much as I enjoy sleeping more as much as I don't enjoy being in that bus :D I can endure it. That doesn't mean at all that I like it :D

A friend of mine here in Bangalore (Sarah from Tanzania) suggested that I should write a post about the whole story of me being here. Meaning what is it exactly that I'm doing here and how did I even get here. Although I should have started with a post like that but it is important. Late better than never!! Thanks Sarah!! :)

Good night you all!!