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Anyone thats been in a local in bombay knows how brutal it can be

I came across the most hilarious blog about training to travel in the mumbai locals, a survival guide for noobs, and first time mumbai-darshan crowd…..

” The process of traveling successfully on a train in Mumbai (Bombay) is one that requires cunning, shrewdness, strategy, agility and a killer instinct. It is both a science and an art. The first step is to research your routes to know which train you need to take at what time to ensure you are on the ‘fast’ or are seated for most of the journey. Sometimes, you might need to travel in an opposite direction to that of your intended destination. The reason is that you will enjoy an empty train traveling against rush hour crowds to get to a station where you can resume the right direction of travel with a fighting chance at a seat or a comfortable place to stand.”

Read The Rest At : LazyRider - Training For The Train

Kinda reminds me of my first time on a local train, i felt all brave, i was in college and felt like i could totally do this by myself, all my friends travelled by train so it seemed like no big deal, if they could do it so could i, so i got on the train, had no idea what side my station was coming on, couldnt make it to the other side in time, by the time i got to the other side, it was the next station, and then i since i was near the door i just got swept out to sea with the horde at the wrong station!