The driver was very happy to see us. Got us good seats. The 'boys' of the hotel helped us carry our luggage to the Bus station becuse we had to cross the busy road to take a short cut to the station. The bus left Shirdi at 2 p.m.
Now, it was Friday the 13th, right? Suddenly, there was a traffic jam. Mostly, there were buses and pick-up(lorry) types. We could see a huge truck stuck at the intersection.It was a narrow (high way??) road and there was a ditch to our right. There were already two stranded buses full of passengers on the road. All passengers were concerned - fortunately, there were no panicky ones. Our bus driver was excellent. He was able to turn right on to the only(narrow) street available avoiding the huge ditch and we were on the road, going through unknown villages and streets. he consulted some local residents on the way and suddenly, we saw civilization again. We all applauded!!!!
As we had brought some sandwiches from our hotel restaurant, we ate that on the bus, bought some Limca (lime soda) at one of the halts and I had my first soda in a long time. In spite of all these adventures, we arrived in Valsad on time!! Amazing drivers!!!
WE happily got on the train, the Sourashtra Mail from Mumbai. Witnessed our usual treats of sunset, sunrise, went past Thana, Ahmadabad(remembered some of my friends from this city living in the USA) and Rajkot. The fellow passengers were very helpful giving advice about dos and don'ts and some guarateed good times for us in Dwaraka.
Next post is about Dwaraka.
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