A question often asked by foreigners in Bangalore is “How far is it from point A to point B ?” The only real answer is “Who cares! It will take you an hour or more anyways!”.
I may be exaggerating, but that is how it feels most of the time. 15 kilometers? With traffic, speed bumps, red lights and overzealous cops, one hour.
Make it 30Kms? This would take you outside of the city and speed goes up when traffic gets lighter. Yet, 1 hour still.
Even a short visit to the supermarket can turn into a 1 hour nightmare, if there is heavy rain, a demonstration or a festival. Or for no understandable reason at all, because by the time you reach the bottleneck, there is nothing to see… Just keep driving.
I may be exaggerating, but that is how it feels most of the time. 15 kilometers? With traffic, speed bumps, red lights and overzealous cops, one hour.
Make it 30Kms? This would take you outside of the city and speed goes up when traffic gets lighter. Yet, 1 hour still.
Even a short visit to the supermarket can turn into a 1 hour nightmare, if there is heavy rain, a demonstration or a festival. Or for no understandable reason at all, because by the time you reach the bottleneck, there is nothing to see… Just keep driving.
My advice: don’t ask for distance, ask for duration on a good day.
And keep smiling: half the fun is getting there. (For the Frenchies: “les voyages forment la
jeunesse”)
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