Road Trippin' KLBLR

The adventures of #KLBLRTraveler, on a road trip from Kerala to Bangalore by his own means, taking what ever mode of travel available. As described through Twitter (Twit Travelogue). Read on! You might learn something :)

Starting on a bus hopping #Kerala-#Bangalore journey. Leaving Kottayam for Ernakulam. Leg 1 #KeralaBangaloretrip – Sunday, April 04, 2010 15:59:00
I am now among the masses, a #KLBLRTraveler. Like HG Wells Time Traveler. #KeralaBangaloretrip – Sunday, April 04, 2010 16:01:29
#KLBLRTraveler is enroute to Etumanoor on a slow moving KSRTC bus #KeralaBangaloreTrip – Sunday, April 04, 2010 16:04:49
#KLBLRTraveler is on a mission to travel from Kottayam to Bangalore ditching direct travel; choosing his own way #KeralaBangaloretrip – Sunday, April 04, 2010 16:04:49
#KLBLRTraveler doesnot take point2point travel, He chooses his points, stops and way and mode #keralabangaloretrip – Sunday, April 04, 2010 16:26:15
#KLBLRTraveler on one of the legendary Kottayam #Ernakulam private LS buses. Theres never enough speed – Sunday, April 04, 2010 16:28:27
#KLBLRTraveler becomes aware of a ‘socially empowered’ (drunk) #mallu in the bus loudly questioning why there are people in the bus #kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 16:40:09
#KLBLRTraveler can see thick dark rainclouds everywhere. In the sky that is. Gonna rain soon :) T’parambu Kanjiramattam Piravom #kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 17:04:05
Wow raining heavily with thunder! #KLBLRTraveler cant enjoy it coz stuck in a crowded bus with shutters down :( T’Prmbu-Kanj’mtm #kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 17:10:09
#KLBLRTraveler in #kerala tweeting from a crowded speeding bus with windows shut. Stinks of hot breath, coconut oil & sweat. Yuck! #mallu -Sunday, April 04, 2010 17:17:56
#KLBLRTraveler Enters Ernakulam district. Vaikom-Tripunitra road. Rain disappears. FM turned on. Nice. – Sunday, April 04, 2010 17:30:12
@kaprasanna Thanks! LOL me too hoping the rain will follow me there :) #KLBLRTraveler – Sunday, April 04, 2010 17:48:30
#KLBLRTraveler gets down at Vytila supposedly #kerala busiest highway junction and frowns as a #KSRTC superfast goes roaring by. – Sunday, April 04, 2010 17:56:45
#KLBLRTraveler takes a citybus from Vytila to Ravipuram. Why is the bus full of ppl speaking strange languages?? #kerala #ernakulam – Sunday, April 04, 2010 18:05:12
#KLBLRTraveler finds that branded stuff in #Ernakulam #Kochi is costlier than that in #Bangalore! – Sunday, April 04, 2010 18:27:30
#KLBLRTraveler sweating buckets in #ernakulam #kerala humidity is a bitch! Stay hydrated. – Sunday, April 04, 2010 19:44:04
#KLBLRTraveler boards a #KSRTC superfast to #Trissur. Goodbye #Ernakulam. Was nice sweating here. – Sunday, April 04, 2010 19:56:32
#KLBLRTraveler frowns at a poster of #mallu movie #thanthonni. #WTF is prithviraj trying to do?? #malayalam #kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 20:02:17
#KLBLRTraveler passes the under construction LULU mall in Edapalli #kochi. Proposed largest mall in #india it seems – Sunday, April 04, 2010 20:08:30
#LULU mall in #Kochi. Largest in #India. #KLBLRTraveler licks his lips thinking abt the delicious #Traffic snarls in offering there. #kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 20:10:27
#KSRTC #kerala Superfast ripping the road like theres no tomorrow.. Just overtook a train #DCH style! #KLBLRTraveler:Wow! – Sunday, April 04, 2010 20:21:01
#KLRBLRTraveler passing angamali in the Superfast which is driven as if other vehicles on the road are mere apparitions. #kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 20:32:25
Wooow! The #kerala #KSRTC Superfast just overtook a #Karnataka KSRTC #Volvo! – Sunday, April 04, 2010 20:36:36
#KLBLRTraveler passes Hotels Runs and Richus near Angamali, where unexciting Volvos to #Bangalore stop for dinner. – Sunday, April 04, 2010 20:44:32
#KSRTC #Kerala Superfast overtakes two cars and a container truck in a way which almost stopped #KLBLRTravelers Heart! – Sunday, April 04, 2010 20:48:34
#KLBLRTraveler reaches #Chalakudy. Passes skeletons of half finished flyovers which have been there for the past 5 years #kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 21:01:47
#KLBLRTraveler passes another would be flyover at Kodakara. And another bus. This is the fifth one overtaken. #KSRTC Superfast – Sunday, April 04, 2010 21:13:49
#KLBLRTraveler wondering why so many #Swift Dezires in #Kerala.. They are like the dumbest cars #maruti has brought out – Sunday, April 04, 2010 21:29:12
#KLBLRTraveler reaches #Trissur from #Ernakulam 80 km in 1 hr 33 min. Gr8 feat considering roads and fuckall #kerala traffic – Sunday, April 04, 2010 21:37:32
#KLBLRTraveler chilling out at #Trissur #KSRTC bus stand. – Sunday, April 04, 2010 21:42:36
huuge crowd of sweating humanity at #trissur #ksrtc bus stand. #KLBLRTraveler wonders where all these people are going. #kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 21:54:28
#KLBLRTraveler counts around 500 people in #trissur #ksrtc bus station. mass sweating humanity. Awesome nightlife :) #kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 22:04:27
#KLBLRTraveler boards a #TamilNadu state #SETC bus to #Coimbatore, from #Trissur. Filled to the brim. – Sunday, April 04, 2010 22:17:37
kaprasanna Third leg from #Trissur to #Coimbatore in progess. Thanks :) #KLBLRTraveler Sunday, April 04, 2010 22:39:44
#KLBLRTraveler knows that #Tamilnadu buses are rather slow. This one is barely inching along. #Whatacontrastto #kerala buses. – Sunday, April 04, 2010 22:47:19
#KLBLRTraveler passes #Mangalampalam, the famous stop before #Palakkad known for rows of shops selling Banana chips. #Kerala – Sunday, April 04, 2010 23:02:04
The #Tamilnadu #SETC express bus is making good time now. Even managed to overtake a truck! #KLBLRTraveler: wOOt! – Sunday, April 04, 2010 23:06:52
#KLBLRTraveler watches in dismay as a #Palakkad bound #kerala #KSRTC Expess overtakes his #SETC bus like a song & disappears in the night.. – Sunday, April 04, 2010 23:22:52
#SETC bus needs 4 km to accelerate & build up speed to around 60kph. Anything comes in between, has to start all over again. #KLBLRTraveler – Sunday, April 04, 2010 23:32:33
Bus entering #palakkad bus stand. #KLBLRTraveler preparing for the worst – Sunday, April 04, 2010 23:38:30
A holy shit wave of humanity breaks on the bus. Some 20 ppl manage to squeeze themselves in. #KLBLRTraveler manages to clear breathin space Sunday, April 04, 2010 23:43:12
#KLBLRTraveler finds that #palakkad stinks equally bad as #kochi or #trissur. #kerala has consistency in something else other than hartals Sunday, April 04, 2010 23:46:28
The bus leaves #palakkad overloaded. Now it wont move at all, gearbox making all sorts of weird sounds #KLBLRTraveler Sunday, April 04, 2010 23:51:07
What #KLBLRTraveler doesnt understand is why dont #KSRTC & #TNSTC run night services between #palakkad & #coimbatore? #kerala #tamilnadu Sunday, April 04, 2010 23:56:16
#KLBLRTraveler witnesses yet another #accident. A truck & a (empty) tanker collide, truck was on wrong side. Bad. #palakkad #kerala Monday, April 05, 2010 0:03:17
#KLBLRTraveler and the bus finally reach the Gap. #Palakkad. The dip in western ghats enabling #mallu emigration to other states #Kerala Monday, April 05, 2010 0:17:18
#Walayar - No truck jam tonight. Smooth passage :) #KLBLRTraveler #kerala #palakkad Monday, April 05, 2010 0:22:25
#KLBLRTraveler leaves #kerala and passes into #tamilnadu. Monday, April 05, 2010 0:24:23
@kaprasanna :) thanks a lot for being online bro! Still 400km to go.. You can always read abt my epic journey 2moro :) Good night! Monday, April 05, 2010 0:27:26
#KLBLRTraveler having chai at #Amrita bakery, ettimadai near #coimbatore. One of old hangouts. Monday, April 05, 2010 0:52:59
#KLBLRTraveler on #Tamilnadu state #SETC bus crawling along to #Coimbatore. Cant help its uphill all the way from #Trissur Monday, April 05, 2010 1:02:40
Onnum parayenda. Ithrayum slow aanennu orthilla. RT @4sHwiN: @vadakkus SETC odukkathe slow alle? Monday, April 05, 2010 1:08:46
#KLBLRTraveler finally reaches #coimbatore. Having chai in coimbatore Monday, April 05, 2010 1:45:58
Really, there are no frequent buses from #coimbatore to #salem as well, as #KLBLRTraveler finds out. Monday, April 05, 2010 1:56:25
#KLBLRTraveler is staring down the empty #coimbatore roads. Monday, April 05, 2010 2:13:51
Another day, another #SETC: #KLBLRTraveler begins Leg 4 of journey #kerala to #Bangalore. Leaves #Coimbatore for #Salem. Monday, April 05, 2010 2:29:12
#KLBLRTraveler in the cabin of the bus, behing the driver. What a view of the road! And this #SETC is fast. Aleady left #CBE city Monday, April 05, 2010 2:38:49
#KLBLRTraveler has reached #salem. Converted cabin seat into berth and slept peacefully on the #CBE #salem route Monday, April 05, 2010 5:33:09
#Salem central bus stand has become filthy and littered, once it was clean, remembers #KLBLRTraveler Monday, April 05, 2010 5:34:56
#KLBLRTraveler watches daybreak, at #Salem bus stand.#tamilnadu Monday, April 05, 2010 5:42:47
#KLBLRTraveler boards a #TNSTC nonstop from #Salem to #Bangalore for the last leg of the journey. Plans to sleep. Monday, April 05, 2010 6:41:17
#KLBLRTraveler has had 5 chais from #Salem. They still taste good. Monday, April 05, 2010 6:42:20
#KLBLRTraveler reaches #krishnagiri, and learns that the inevitable has happened: Tyre Puncture Monday, April 05, 2010 9:09:32
#KLBLRTraveler and other passengers disembark while tyre is fixed. Fortunately puncture occured in front of #Krishnagiri #TNSTC depot Monday, April 05, 2010 9:14:17
#KLBLRTraveler on 5th Leg of the journey from #Kerala to #Bangalore: #Salem to Bangalore. Tyre puncture of #TNSTC bus at #Krishnagiri Monday, April 05, 2010 9:16:02
#KLBLRTraveler notices that bus conductor sounds and talks like #Tamil comedian #Senthil. Monday, April 05, 2010 9:17:44
@kaprasanna LOL yeah wouldn mind but will have to hurry to office :) Monday, April 05, 2010 9:23:32
Havent reached there yet. On a travel odeyssey #KLBLRTraveler :) RT @ivan457: @vadakkus What’s #news in #Bangalore? Monday, April 05, 2010 9:25:38
#KLBLRTraveler goes off in search of chai shop. Monday, April 05, 2010 9:27:05
Puncture is fixed and bus arrives. #KLBLRTraveler resumes journey. Monday, April 05, 2010 9:45:33
Guess #TNSTC does not believe in matters like timings and stuff, wonders #KLBLRTraveler. Bus again stops, this time for tea. Monday, April 05, 2010 9:53:26
Chai session over. #KLBLRTraveler resumes journey, which hopefully will not have any more interruptions. #TNSTC Monday, April 05, 2010 10:11:02
Sign on the highway side: ‘Safe driving is like breathing: Dont stop it’. Huh?? #WTFQuotes #KLBLRTraveler Monday, April 05, 2010 10:17:27
#KLBLRTraveler misses his #Bangalore – #Kerala – #Bangalore driving days. Monday, April 05, 2010 10:22:46
Guy on #Pulsar overtakes #KLBLRTraveler #TNSTC bus. His speedo shows 62. #FAIL Monday, April 05, 2010 10:27:05
Another sign on the roadside: ‘Breakfast Reddy’!!! Huh?? #WTFSigns #IndianEnglish #KLBLRTraveler Monday, April 05, 2010 10:33:03
#KLBLRTraveler reaches #Hosur. Finally. Contemplates getting off and boarding a #KSRTC bus. Monday, April 05, 2010 10:57:54
#TNSTC bus #megafail. Stops at all random places to pick people. Unfortunately no #KSRTC buses in sight #KLBLRTraveler Monday, April 05, 2010 11:12:37
#KLBLRTraveler reaches final hurdle: Crosses into #Karnataka. Byes, #Tamilnadu Monday, April 05, 2010 11:18:13
#KLBLRTraveler notices: Athibele in #Kannada, Athipalli in #Tamil’ Athippaala in #Malayalam. Monday, April 05, 2010 11:22:29
#KLBLRTraveler reaches Electronic City!! wOOt! Home Stetch! No taking flyour but. :( #Bangalore Monday, April 05, 2010 11:38:15
He did it! #KLBLRTraveler reaches Silk Board, gets off the damn #TNSTC bus, relieved. The odyssey about to come to a close. #Bangalore Monday, April 05, 2010 11:51:35
#KLBLRTraveler basks in the silk board sun. Contemplating the last 19 hours. Argues with auto guy. #bangalore Monday, April 05, 2010 11:54:57
#KLBLRTraveler spots a #RollsRoyce Silver Phantom with #Dubai registration!! In #BTM #Bangalore Monday, April 05, 2010 11:59:48
#KLBLRTraveler takes a look at himself: dirty, filthy, sweaty, tired, matted hair, red eyes but feels it was totally worth it! Monday, April 05, 2010 12:03:28
19 hours 3 States 600 kilometers 7 Buses 3 Autos 16 chais. Mission Accomplished! #KLBLRTraveler #Kerala #Bangalore Odyssey draws to a close. Monday, April 05, 2010 12:09:44
Fait Accompli, #KLBLRTraveler signing out. Thanks @kaprasanna @phanirajkvs @ivan457 @4sHwiN Monday, April 05, 2010 12:18:15