Missed madurai, stop

Sitting at a very small village shop quite in the middle of no where.
Was on a bus to madurai from coimbatore, but was asleep when the madurai bus stop came at 4am.

Woke up and asked where we were, realised we were 40min away from madurai.
Bus driver stopped at the next stop, asked me to walk to the otherside and take a bus back. Scared me, looked around before I got off, as it was 4.45am and the village was asleep, excepting for the dogs and a few goons I thought. Saw a police station at the stop, with the courage and excitement of a possible adventure, I got off.

Have been sitting on this random stone waiting for a bus, which I am told will come at 6am.

Its nice to see the village unfolding, people waking up to their morning chores. Shops getting ready, people cleaning the front yard, birds getting louder, auto drivers coming out of their house, and of course- the big blast radios starting to come on..

Was a slight bit of fear when I took the leap of faith to hop off the bus. But its just one of the many stories that add up to the colourful travel times.


In a hope that 6am comes soon so that I head to the unkept lodge and catch a wink of sleep, I remain.


Nikhil @ 5.15am