As I have alluded to before, traffic in Bangalore is horrible! Lane lines are clearly only suggestions, horns are used instead of signals, vehicles of all types share the highways (buses, cars, motorcycles, rickshaws, horses) and pedestrians have no right of way. What is amazing to me, is that I have yet to see an accident. This is one place where I could never imagine driving!
We have now ventured out using all types of public transportation - taxis, city buses and rickshaws. Transportation here is cheap - so far the most we have paid is about 30 cents per person to travel by bus one way, $2 by rickshaw one way, and $10 per person to take a taxi into town, have it wait for 3 hours, and take then us back home. Students seem to prefer the rickshaws, as they are airier than the other options, and therefore don't get as hot. I'm not sure how many of them will be getting on the city bus anytime in the near future, given how crowded they are, making getting off difficult, and also for a very warm ride.
We are learning our way around, but the fact that we are about a 10 minute car ride (given very little traffic) away from town, makes getting around a bit more difficult than most of us are used to. However, we continue to have a good time, and entertain the locals wherever we go!
We have now ventured out using all types of public transportation - taxis, city buses and rickshaws. Transportation here is cheap - so far the most we have paid is about 30 cents per person to travel by bus one way, $2 by rickshaw one way, and $10 per person to take a taxi into town, have it wait for 3 hours, and take then us back home. Students seem to prefer the rickshaws, as they are airier than the other options, and therefore don't get as hot. I'm not sure how many of them will be getting on the city bus anytime in the near future, given how crowded they are, making getting off difficult, and also for a very warm ride.
We are learning our way around, but the fact that we are about a 10 minute car ride (given very little traffic) away from town, makes getting around a bit more difficult than most of us are used to. However, we continue to have a good time, and entertain the locals wherever we go!
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