Travelling with two friends in the south of India was the experience of a lifetime! Our plan was essentially to go to Pondicherry, but friends convinced us to go to Kodaikanal as well. Buses to and from Kodai were very frequent, so we were willing to try it out.Going to Kodai was longer than we imagined. We did not get a direct bus from Pondicherry. We had been told to go to Madurai, but that was far too, farther than we'd been mentally prepared for. Finally, we took a bus to Vettalakundu, a place we had never heard of. We got another crowded bus from there to Kodaikanal... Never mind. Kodai was beautiful, so once we got there, we were happy enough.After that, though, began the nightmare of getting back to Chennai to catch our flight back to Kolkata. On day two at Kodai, we went cheerfully to book tickets on any bus to Chennai - and discovered that no buses at all were available. … [Read more...]