When i started from nellore my only aim to go as far as i can with the little money i have.In nellore i skipped into my friends hostel and ate along with all the other students.Visitors are not allowed but as i am of the same age no one thought me as visitor.
I decided to hitchhike from nellore to chennai as that is a familiar route to me.distance from nellore to chennai is 180kms and a number of cargo vehicles will b leaving from nellore to chennai via tada checkpost.If i can catch a ride to tada from there hundreds of lorries will be leaving to chennai every hour.
I walked around 8kms with that heavy backpack to the outskirts of the city on to the highway towards chennai.It was not so hot as it is first week of feb.I choose to do it winter for two perticular reasons
1)It will be easy for me to walk long distances and stay on road for more time hoping for a free ride
2)ooty,kodaikanal and munnar are famous hill stations and will be heavily crowded in summer and prices of every thing goes high
i stood on the highway for 10mins thumbing at every vehicle.After 10 mins i got my ride in a lorry.Luckily i dont need to find a ride from tada as this lorry is going all the way to chennai.When i got on the lorry driver expected me to pay some little money but when i said that i dont have money and when i told about my travel plans he said its cool.He became curious and kept on asking me about the trip.We reached chennai by 11am(3hrs journey from nellore).
He dropped me at some place far away from where i should be.From there i took a local bus to chennai central railway station(30 mins journey).I walked around 1km from chennai central to park town local railway station.Believe me it doesnt matter whether its summer or winter afternoons in chennai are always HOT.From parktown station i took a local train to kasturi ba nagar(fare 6rs.one thing i love about chennai other than beaches is that local trains are so cheap)
My friend sreenu was waiting at the station and we walked 1km till we reached iit main gate and from there we took a college bus to reach his hostel.
I still remember how tired i was by the end of that day
srinivas
I decided to hitchhike from nellore to chennai as that is a familiar route to me.distance from nellore to chennai is 180kms and a number of cargo vehicles will b leaving from nellore to chennai via tada checkpost.If i can catch a ride to tada from there hundreds of lorries will be leaving to chennai every hour.
I walked around 8kms with that heavy backpack to the outskirts of the city on to the highway towards chennai.It was not so hot as it is first week of feb.I choose to do it winter for two perticular reasons
1)It will be easy for me to walk long distances and stay on road for more time hoping for a free ride
2)ooty,kodaikanal and munnar are famous hill stations and will be heavily crowded in summer and prices of every thing goes high
i stood on the highway for 10mins thumbing at every vehicle.After 10 mins i got my ride in a lorry.Luckily i dont need to find a ride from tada as this lorry is going all the way to chennai.When i got on the lorry driver expected me to pay some little money but when i said that i dont have money and when i told about my travel plans he said its cool.He became curious and kept on asking me about the trip.We reached chennai by 11am(3hrs journey from nellore).
He dropped me at some place far away from where i should be.From there i took a local bus to chennai central railway station(30 mins journey).I walked around 1km from chennai central to park town local railway station.Believe me it doesnt matter whether its summer or winter afternoons in chennai are always HOT.From parktown station i took a local train to kasturi ba nagar(fare 6rs.one thing i love about chennai other than beaches is that local trains are so cheap)
My friend sreenu was waiting at the station and we walked 1km till we reached iit main gate and from there we took a college bus to reach his hostel.
I still remember how tired i was by the end of that day
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