SRM TRANSPORTS B9R
date : 12-07-13
Boarding : madiwala
destination: kayamkulam
dept : 7.10 pm(7.00)
arr: 6.45 am(5.30)
seats were blocked at friends by gopi . got seats 1 n 2. on the day of travel there was a small meet up at madiwala . met gopi , arun , ajith and kp :-) chit chatted for sometime . it was thulasietan and shajuetan on duty . thulasietan took the wheels. bus departed at 7.10 . heavy block towards st.johns signal.. crawled all way till madiwala police station and the time was 7.30 when crossed silkboard. meanwhile we were sorting out the cd pouch which movie to b played. finally choose RUNWAY . took elevated flyover at 7.32..driving was sedate. bus was maintaining speed of around 90. both the drivers and cleaner were chitchatting in front. manju gave both of us a piece of vada. we were having that . then a passenger came from behind and informed the driver that one co passengers is drunk and vomited in the seats . decided to drop the passenger at bommasandra office . we reached bommasandra office past narayana hrudayalaya at 7.48 pm. the passenger was totally out of conscious and 4 members were needed to pull him out from bus . the guy said it was his marriage . then finally the cleaner n co driver cleaned him up and put him back to bus . lost almost 20 mins because of him. crossed hosur at 8.20. took krishnagiri route . post hosur the bus started to rip. had a max speed of 120 on that stretch. he was consistently maintaining above 100 on that route . spoke with thulasi etan and he said today dinner will b in a new place than the usual srikrishna sagar. wanted to giv a try how the food is at the new place. we crossed the usual mcd/ccd dinner point at 8.42..
crossed A2B at 8.48. he was consistent on his speed . he was trying his max to cover up the lost time . in between slow down due to diversions and truck traffic. finally reached dinner spot at 8.57.. bus was already late by almost an hour than its scheduled time. the hotel on trail was lakshmi nivas . the food there was not worth . missed that delicious ghee roast at sreekrishna sagar.. departed after dinner at 9.25.. the drunk passenger din wanna go to his seat. he wanted to sit in cleaner seat. at last made him sit there . cleaner and shajuetan pulled off to sleep..
started ripping the bus to max to cover up the time . expecting to reach pump by 2 with the speed he maintaining.. reached krishnagiri toll at 9.33.. took 3 minutes to cross the toll. there was a pink SK volvo on next lane. it crossed us and left at toll. minutes later the bus was overtaken... time 9.43 we are 112 kms to salem. crossed dharmapuri at 10.10.. reached thoppur toll at 10.25..two mins to cross it . overtook SK tvm non ac after that .reached omalur toll at 10.56. the toll was cleared soon . just after the toll there was rto checking . the driver went with the documents . we left at 1106 from there .at 11.17 we reached salem trumpet gradient. thulasietan was consistently maintaining 110-115 .. reached salem toll at 11.37. cleared the toll in seconds. started to rip again.. he was on full throttle to cover up the lost time . even saw the speedo crossing the 125 mark for few seconds at different times. 12.08 . we overtook a super express. it was tcr rne 51. was thinking how come tcr SE reached here so soon. saw the destination board and it was kottarakara bound. crossed next toll at 12.18. he was consistent with the speed maintaining 110-120 . 12.26 took left to tiruppur road. passed tirupur town at 12.44...
reached chavadi pump at 1.38. exited out at 1.50. it was shajuetan on wheels now. thulasietan of to sleep. crossed the tn-kl border bridge at 2.10. just after that the SK b11r crossed us going to bng. behind it was a convoy . followed by SK sleeper. then SRM , garuda ,shama , G4 and then an ACC.. reached walayar 2.12 . sharma atlas b9r and an yellow sk was parked there . we din have a stop at walayar .
seems the rains were ready to welcome us . heavy shower past walayar. this made us slow. reached palakkad at 2.44 . took shornur route . an yellow shama ( adoor ) was again in trouble . something was jammed .. our driver had stopped to enquire and shama driver was asking if any other buses gonna pass. almost all bangalore bound buses crossed by then . was off to sleep after that . crossed angamaly at 4.38.. reached vytilla at 5.02. passengers alighted . luggage's were dropped . shajuetan and manju had a cup of tea. left from there at 507. aroor toll at 5.16. aroor brigde was single lane . the old bridge was closed for repairs. again off to sleep.. woke up when the bus was near harippad . finally i was dropped at kayamkulam . at 6.45. more than an hour late . thanks to the rains blocks and that drunkard . saw the kesrtc garuda at kayamkulam stand stopped for tea break.
boarded rrc662 venad plying kyklm-pnlr of kyklm depot . departed at 7. dropped at adoor at 8. had to wait 10 mins for my next bus to kodumon. got gk . and was home at 8.40..