My First Travel in US..

Everything is so easy when you in your home town or country. When I came to US, was almost sleeping from airport to my apartment. Next day I realized now I am no more in Pune with my own vehicle. This is entirely new world. So now lotz of question were waiting for me.. Have to get my SSN done... Is there any place where I can go on weekend? But how will I go? Poor person like me is not even having car.. But I tried and finally found out the solution for my boring weekends and all the rest problems. Metro Transit.. Many of us must be having vehicles at home. So we normally think, bus… oh no.. I can never travel in bus.. and that too is US.. who will wait for buses..

Let me start with my first travel experience in US and in metro. Sushil suggested that I should travel by bus for SSN so I will get used to with it. Though I decided to go, I was very nervous during this first travel. Without any friend and without mobile. My mini adventure in USA .. dats what I call it. It started with searching for Sun Ray Transit. I went for my SSN by bus with map and all printouts in hand.. and the temperature out was -20 C . Was not carrying change. So paid $2 instead of $1.50. then got the ticket. Bus was having only 2-3 people.. I was trying to see names of each and every road. 1st 2nd .. this ave .. that ave.. oh god.. Finally I somehow managed to identify to get down at right place. Then with address and map in hand I started searching for SSN office. And then.. round and round. I started from one building to other.. I was not able to see any name on any building. Ultimately I reached to the start point again. Oh my god.. And it was getting more and more cold now. I started cursing the buildings here.. Why can't they have names painted.. Stupid people… blah blah…

Finally I entered in premises of one building, as I started freezing outside… And to my surprise .. Eureka….. I was about to jump now. I saw the board, SSN office 8th Floor… yahoo.. finally I got there.. Then I completed my ssn and came out happily.. One hurdle I had crossed.. Now I have to go back.. I am sure.. I was looking and acting like the most stupid person on earth that day.. Again and again I was looking in printout.. checking time and route no and the whole timetable of all bus routes was present in front of me.. (That I realized in my 2nd trip.. ) Finally the bus arrived.. I got into it. Normally our dear PMT in Pune will never go by route given. I read outside Via Sunray.. will this bus go to sunray or they will just skip sunray.. Finally I asked driver.. if this bus will go to sunray.. He was I think, surprised with my question and he was about to start laughing now.. Before that I told him I am traveling for first time… then his dialogue was.. "I assure you .. you will reach to Sun Ray transit.." Then for transfer ticket … I was searching if there is any slot for that [Engineer brain which rarely works suddenly started working :) ]. Looking at my poor and may be foolish face driver only took it from me, transferred and gave it back. And I reached back… Then I came back to office like I have won some battle and all…

After that, I started using metro transit like anything.. but today also, when I remember my this travel, I can not stop laughing.. Actually there was nothing to worry about such a small travel. I had changed 3 planes during my travel and reached here.. Still I keep on thinking what was there to act this nervous.. may be because of new place.. and new bus system…

This metro now reminds me of PMT in Pune. Every time I travel, I am having new experiences. Will surely write about them sometime later.