My First Hitchhiking story - 350Kms of Hitchhiking - Bangalore to Chennai
Hello people , I'm new to blog writing . I always wanted to express my experiences through stories, so basically forgive me for all the grammar mistakes i've done.
I'm Sam and my love towards travel and my desire to find new adventures has made me do this Bangalore to Chennai 350kms hitchhiking via 17 lifts,
I always wanted to do a solo hitchhiking trip but I've never got the
right opportunity, so this was the correct time , so unexpectedly i decided to hit the
road and return back to Chennai by hitchhiking 350kms, this is my first time hitchhiking
but always I've heard people saying hitchhiking is not safe, what if people harm you?
what if something happens to you? What if you dont get a lift? so all these questions
were raised by people around me, since hitchhiking culture is not encouraged here and
we all have a negative notion about it, i wanted to hit the road and experience it by
myself once and know about it, so that's how it all started and its a pocket friendly
way to travel and of course has less carbon footprint too :)
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My Friends brother Moova in KR puram |
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Truck #1 |
I somehow managed to get out of the city and finally I spoke with a lorry driver to drop me at attibele, he said he'll drop me at hosur, he asked me to get in.. It was my first experience to get in a lorry, it was mind blowing.. I just couldn't believe.. I got to know about him, his family and his routine.. He was a very nice person. He dropped me at hosur.. I entered Tamil nadu.. I got down and had a plate of hot idly it was 9am by then.. Then I came and hit the road again.. It was a busy highway..
One bike guy stopped and I explained him about wat I'm doing.. He loved it and he said he'll drop me further near soolagiri , he dropped me there. Then my next lift was an old man who thought I was crazy and dropped me in a bus stop and asked me to take a bus and go home :D then in the hot sun my next lift was for 70Kms till Ambur, he freaked out listening to what i was doing and he was afraid whether i'm saying the truth, but then he came into the flow, dropped me near a toll gate. And then I took a sheet of paper and wrote VELLORE and stood at the highway..
Seeing that another lorry driver stopped and got me in.. He was sharing his experience from Chennai to Kashmir, the love for driving his truck.. He just takes bath wherever he finds a lake or river on the way while driving. He loved what he was doing and he just sleeps for 3 hours a day, his love stories xD
Then I got down at vellore and then I got a two wheeler lift, he dropped me 2kms farther from his route to help me out and then i kept moving forward and finally got a lift in a small truck till kancheepuram.. That guys was too introvert.. He was starting at me.. He din know what I was doing..He never spoke with me. Then I got another ride from kancheepuram to Chennai central, a guy who was coming from Ranipet who is riding to Chennai central to transport Leather to Agra, had a tea with him. i was kind drowsy and tired. Napped for 20 mins and Finally I got down at Chennai central at 6pm.
The people i met during my journey were amazing, i had 17 lifts totally to reach Chennai, so
i met 17 different people with different age, character, that was an amazing experience.
The conversations i had with them during a short span of time are so memorable, people
encouraged me, some people came away from their route and dropped me ahead in a safe place .The experience was amazing, we dont know where are we going to get dropped, who is going to give us the next lift, which vehicle is waiting for us.
No one asked me for money, and i was safely dropped at Chennai central at 6pm by a mini truck
who had his unloading at Central, so it took 12 hours for me to reach Chennai from Bangalore.
The trip will be one memorable journey, since the notion which i experienced was very different,
they are just people like us travelling in highway, not one harmed me, i was safe and i enjoyed
every second. Thanks for the people who gave me lifts, i will keep doing more adventurous in life,
what else life is meant for. Thank you for your valuable time reading the blog.
Watch the full video in YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGN9rNkJ6AU
Nice try sam
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