Each and every mode of travel has its own fascination. The flight, for example, is hyper sophisticated, spic n span, trendy. It is so fast, moreover. Treats you like Alladin's jinny. Literally in minutes you can be from here to there. The Pune-Mumbai flight, for instance, is shorter than the journey to the airport!
For me, however, a flight in its extreme neatness, appears more like a hospital! A bus journey is fine, too. It is too restricting, however. It is the train travel that is the best in my opinion.
On a train, you can stretch, you can rest, you can even go for a midnight mile long walk. In fact, the goofy going gives you the feel of being a sailor balancing himself (these days herself, too!) despite the pitch n roll.
The train travel has its own clickety-click rhythm. You almost feel as if you are a baby being rocked in a cradle. That rhythm is so unmistakable that you live it in one in Mumbai's local trains that treat you like sardines in a tin, that is, packed to capacity!
If you are the chatty type, you could win yourself travel buddies. If you like the silent treatment, the train allos you that as well. Most often, it is on time, too. It is less costly than a flight; it is more comfy than a bus ride. Long live train travel.
Pratima@ During my Ph.D. period, I had the train travel to surfeit as I would be travelling to n fro at least four times annually!
Quote of the day: "I have always felt that," argues Haruki Murakami, "the train is the perfect place to dream ."
Word of the day: arduous. Aften associated with the tandem term, journey, it refers to a process involving or requiring strenuous effort, difficult and tiring.
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