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Amritsar – Modes of Transport

6 December 2008 11 Comments

At last I am able to start something. I had hoped to salvage the opportunity to write during my free time, if any, but could not. This journey is about Amritsar (Punjab), a small city in north India.

Within India most of the time I fly to my destinations even if they are personal trips, mainly for two reasons – convenience and lack of time. So as much as I love train journeys, I end up missing them.

This time when I saw I could afford to spend sometime to myself, I grabbed the opportunity of traveling by other modes of transport which take longer time but enrich one’s soul. And this turned out to be a unique experience in many ways.

Here are a few pictures of  them.

Did you notice the luggage career on the autorickshaw ?

The autoricksaws generally ply on sharing basis. Look at the seats ! In all it can seat 10 passengers !

The overnight bus. Above are sleeper berths and below chair seats. Both are quite comfortable.

I am basically a flashpacker but when many of my readers (Indians & foreigners both) asked me about budget traveling in India and whether it is safe and convenient, I took this trip as a learning and guiding experience for all of us.

The story will begin from the next post. Stay tuned.

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11 Comments »

  • Shivanand Manthalkar said:

    looking forward to the story…

    # 6 December 2008 at 8:00 AM
  • ashes said:

    Did you travel from Mumbai to Amritsar in an auto? Or in a bus?

    # 6 December 2008 at 3:31 PM
  • Cuckoo (author) said:

    Shivanand,
    Yeah, will do soon.

    Ashes,
    These modes were within Punjab state. I haven’t shown an ordinary rickshaw yet. :)

    Did you travel from Mumbai to Amritsar in an auto? Or in a bus?.. I went by train till Delhi and from there by bus. You haven’t asked about coming back. I reached Mumbai in a pvt cab. Now, go figure !! :P

    # 6 December 2008 at 4:41 PM
  • Zhu said:

    I usually take buses, except for traveling in Europe, where I take the train because buses are not convenient.

    I bused from Mexico to Brazil a few years ago ;-)

    I also love chicken buses in Central and Sout America, basically old US and Canada schoolbuses.

    Haven’t tried rickshaws though.

    # 7 December 2008 at 8:45 AM
  • PN Subramanian said:

    The overnight bus seems cozy. The luggage career on the autos are still OK. What about people travelling over the roof of autos. I have seen such sights in Gurgaon.

    # 8 December 2008 at 11:47 AM
  • thyme said:

    The autorickshaw is cute! I like the yellow and black, very pretty.

    # 8 December 2008 at 2:11 PM
  • lakshmi said:

    a good teaser.. I prefer trains to buses and cars sometimes.. but somehow Im extremely uncomfortable with night buses.. i fly only if its long distances (read 24 hours and more by train )

    # 8 December 2008 at 4:49 PM
  • ~vagabond~ said:

    I love train rides in India…they are so much more fun than flying.

    Enough with all the teasing already, I want to read the travel post now :P
    lol.

    # 9 December 2008 at 12:12 AM
  • Shantanu said:

    Does Amritsar still qualify as a ’small’ city any longer?

    # 9 December 2008 at 3:07 PM
  • Vands said:

    i love the auto pic :P

    # 27 February 2009 at 9:47 PM
  • Customs Area at Wagah border said:

    [...] posts on Wagah border can be read here and you can read anecdote of Amritsar trip here. Please read them in sequence to enjoy it [...]

    # 2 August 2009 at 2:43 PM

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