First off I would like to mention that this post is being written as I am sitting on the bus heading to Hampi. Crystal and I had a great dinner at my house before we needed to head to the bus stop. The bus was to leave Pune at 930pm and arrive in Hampi at 7am. The bus stop wasn't too far from where I stay so we decided to it. Thinking we had plenty of time we weren't worried at all. We put the address in Crystal gps on her phone and headed off. The GPS said we had arrived...we hadn't. we continue walking thinking it shouldn't be too far ahead. I stop in and ask another bus stop where ours was. They said it was 5 minutes ahead. Okay were not worried. It's now 925 and we start running. Asking people as we pass how much further. Same answer everytime 5 minutes straight ahead. Finally I arrive at the bus stop. Crystal fell further behind. While I was talking to the people who work there she past it. Now it was time to find Crystal. We are reunited at last!
Talking to people we learned that the bus company we were with no longer stops at this stand. Our ticket however was booked for this stand. An awesome guy helped us out by calling our bus drivers phone (it was given to us) The bus driver doesn't speak english so he translated for us. He almost missed his bus. He took Crystals number and confirmed that the bus will wait. Now we had the challenge to get to the right bus stop. The same guy had to talk to the rickshaw driver to tell him where we needed to go. It was 170 INR to get to the stop and he had to pull over several times to get directions, talk with the guys, and talk with the bus driver, but, WE MADE IT! On the bus to Hampi now.
Goodnight everyone...when I wake up I'll be in Hampi.
Where will you be?
Talking to people we learned that the bus company we were with no longer stops at this stand. Our ticket however was booked for this stand. An awesome guy helped us out by calling our bus drivers phone (it was given to us) The bus driver doesn't speak english so he translated for us. He almost missed his bus. He took Crystals number and confirmed that the bus will wait. Now we had the challenge to get to the right bus stop. The same guy had to talk to the rickshaw driver to tell him where we needed to go. It was 170 INR to get to the stop and he had to pull over several times to get directions, talk with the guys, and talk with the bus driver, but, WE MADE IT! On the bus to Hampi now.
Goodnight everyone...when I wake up I'll be in Hampi.
Where will you be?
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