On the road back to Bangalore

Puducherry

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September 28th 2008
Pondicherry, or Puducherry as the new name goes, was a tourist's dream, but getting there was something else... It was our first trip without a guide. We started out from Bangalore at 9:30pm on a bus packed elbow to elbow. About seven hours later I woke up flying forward out of my seat. The bus was sliding sideways, tilting and everything was a blur. A woman screamed. The bus hit something h ... read more

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