We started out as strangers from the park. The journey was long and
tiresome and expectations were high. Each person must have been there on that
day with their minds set on their own priorities and their reason for
embarking on this destination. I have had numerous bus trips in the past, but this
one was very exceptional and different. Because of the setting and people. We
were all anxious to leave as soon as the seats were all taken and paid for. We said our goodbyes to friends and dear ones who had come to see us off.
The journey was long
and tough, and the road was a bit rough. Down the road, people seemed like
perfect strangers to each other at first. Well yeah, we were all seeing each
other for the first time in our lives. The journey began and the driver zoomed off.
Each of us not knowing what awaited us at the other end.
For a little while, everyone was quiet. Some that had
mini devices for music, used the opportunity to get themselves occupied. Soon,
someone got talking, to no person in particular. Then another joined and soon
everyone was taking part in the discussion. Guys and ladies, sometimes took
sides and sometimes opposed each other as the topics varied. It was a long interesting
debate and discussion that took our whole time and energy and got us all fully
immersed. Those who pretended to be busy reading, didn’t know when they dropped
and propped their books to one corner, just to take part in the discussion.
We laughed together and forgot about our individual problems
and differences, as the discussion drifted gracefully from topic to topic. Everyone felt the impact. The mood was good and somehow, there was this cool
blend of personalities, such that everyone felt wonderful about life in general.
This was one of such priceless moments, as I look back with
nostalgia now, and I could still recall very vividly, how we all felt, saying goodbyes to one another with some
affection, as the bus began making the
stops along the route and final destination. The journey that lasted for several hours, only seemed like a
minute! Alas!