Don't Take This Bus In India! Kolkata to Darjeeling
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
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We took a local bus in India, had no expectations but it turned out to be an insane adventure in itself.
From a 16h ride filled with tender gestures, lots of honking, to the mission of finding a washroom, we will definitely never forget this bus ride.
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Omg that's a painful journey 😅 hey I'm from Kolkata but now live in Sikkim...i suggest you visit Sikkim also.its one of the cleanest and organic state of India with wonderful people ❣️
Thank you dear, we will posting soon from Darjeeling ❤️
@@DodoExplorers looking forward ❤️❤️enjoy
Come and explore *Northeast 8 Sisters State of India Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura* 🇮🇳 you guys will love it 😍
Thank you dear ❤️
@@DodoExplorers You're Welcome 🤗😍
Love to West Bengal and Romania from Bangladesh. 🇧🇩❤️🇷🇴🇮🇳
Broo your Greater Bangladesh includes some parts of India and as an Indian I'm not at all happy with your Profile Photo
You can also feel what I'm experiencing now by thinking what if I post a picture of Akhand BHARAT
Anyways we love Bangladesh 🇮🇳🇧🇩
@@satyamsoni1004
South Asians have reputation of dreaming big and fighting over their dreams. No offense to anyone in particular but thats the case no matter what
@@satyamsoni1004 If Indian people don’t argue for Akhand Hindu Bharat and if Akhand Bharat will be a completely secular country than I will agree to join Bangladesh with India.
@@typicalbengali1971 yes religion should noy be factor of building any nation. Factor should be culture which is similar. Akhand bharat will soon establish. Bengali is second most spoken language in present India.
🙏🏽🇮🇳♥️🇧🇩
please visit the Indian Himalayas the most as this is the ideal time.
Free advice- never ever take long distance bus in India
The bus from udaipur to jaisalmer waa super fantastic.
@@stefanmarks1381 and drew binsky almost got killed in Buses in Udaipur
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Very very wrong adv
Depends if it is a Volvo AC 🤣🤣
Not India maybe bengol it worst come karnataka see how high end buses are
There are lots of ac volvo bus (Shyamoli,Greenline,Poulomi) running everyday from kolkata to siliguri... Very good bus they are... U can try that.
Yeah these are local Volvo bus
I saw lots of foreigner vlogger use this type of buses and showed their struggle while travelling in india ,
If u want to travel comfortably then do some research on that , don't do such thing .
Watch whole video carefully they explained everything.
@@arpitshukla6447 bhai pura video dekha maine isiliye likha ki research kro agar kahi jana hai to 2 din pahle bahut buses mil jayegi na , agr without research travel karenge to yesahi hoga.
@@arpitshukla6447 aur ye comment isliye kia ki ek aur vlogger hai usne bhi same video banaya hai , usse pahle usne train ke scam ka video banaya jisme koi scam nhi tha phir video delete kia .
@@pritamdahegaonkar9307 jab available hi nhi hai toh milegi kaha. 2 din kya 10 din pehle book kr lo.
@@arpitshukla6447 bhai bus hai train nahi 2din pahle to available hoti hi hai ab west bengal me nhi hoti hogi महाराष्ट्र me hoti hai.
For every barking Bangladeshi, this bus is economical and cheap and is generally used by poor people
Very true, it was recommended to us by locals and it was the only available option to safely reach point A to point B
I don't see a single negative comment by any Bangladeshi here! Most comments are from Indians / kolkatans. Do you dream Bangladeshis even in your sleep?
@@imtiazanik see the comments of others videos on this channel
You should try to book train tickets in 'Foreign Tourists Quota ' from IRCTC's online site with your valid international passport.
Woww. You are truly travelling like the locals do. Great honest travelling. I like that you are showing the life as it is... lots of love and best wishes for the channel too.
You missed new town kolkata, which is one of smart city 🏙️ in india, if you come Siliguri then visit Sikkim- Gangtok as compared to Darjeeling Gangtok far better👌
I think tourist places should not be compared with each other ,each place is unique at its own .🙂
New town is not touristy. It's like visiting gurgaon in delhi.
We shouldn't compare places like Darjeeling and Gangtok..Naturally Darjeeling is more beautiful and has got more character to it...but everyone's likings are different.. let them visit and see on their own.
@@saurravchakrabarty9842 Darjeeling has become over crowded and chaotic now.
@@anirbanchatterjee2682 Definitely it has..but the nature has not changed.. those who love the Town and the attractions it offers, will still go there again and again...
There is a law in India that was formed in the late 1800s. According to this law, you can ask for free water in hotels and can directly use the washroom. No one can stop you . This also includes that gas station. Next time pressurise them by saying I am dialing 100 (police) to complain about this if you don't open.
Wow, this is the best comment so far! Thank you for the useful information!! Had no idea, but maybe it will come in handy for future travellers ❤️
@@DodoExplorers My pleasure you liked it💕💕, you know most of the Indians are unaware of it and people who knows they just choose to keep their mouth shut I am not telling the reason oh come on you guys are in India you can easily feel it😅 we are a bit lazy.
Many many love from Siliguri! 💖 And thanks to you guys for deciding to visit North Bengal.
I am feeling sorry for both of as I did for myself while riding a similar bus in this rout, I stopped it for emergency natures call in the middle of the jungle at nowhere, the driver initially told that "if you get down of the bus now here then we will not wait for you", then I told them that "its ok if you don't wait go without me but I have to get down now", I was desperate but eventually they waited for me and that was the biggest relief of my life :-). Thank you so much to see your positivity in this horrible situation.
Just wanted to remind you, the map you showed is in violation of law. Your map shows some of the Jammu and Kashmir's part with Pakistan. Avoid doing such things when in a foreign country, these things might land you in jail.
You are a foreigner it's obvious you could get the map wrong but take care in future.
Take a chill pill.
Lots of ac buses are available and even luxury sleeper buses are available ok the route...it's just you needed a bit more guidance.
However I would request you to visit Kolkata during Durga Puja festival to see a lifetime experience...and to see what kolkata really offers.
Hello Michael and Gigi ,My name is Afnan. I am from Bangladesh. Can you recall me ,I took a picture with you at the sikkim border . You know, we also went Kolkata to Siliguri by bus like you .
Hehe, that's so cool, yeah of course I remember you guys 😉😁
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14:00 Sorry, but you can easily tell that JiJi's bottoms hurts from the bus ride.🤣
😂😂
Sorry guys, after paying Rs. 700 you definitely deserved a better bus ride and access to loo and all. It's a shame that we have failed to offer the minimum necessities for a decent travel experience. The rule of thumb in India is book in advance train, bus anything when you are travelling outside the major cities. And frakely in India our sense of hospitality is reducing, we don't really care. Its disappointing, I know.
You can choose green line or shyamali ac buses much comfortable...never choose local bus in long distance..
Nice video as usual, the last part with the cow was epic!!!lol
10:13 you have shown the wrong map of India with POK and aksai chin missing from it as they are occupied land by pk and cn. how would you feel if some forcefully capture your house and call it their. while in India you please respect the country and use indian map approved by the Indian government.
Hi dear, we got the map from Google maps, no disrespect
their channel is on TH-cam a product of Google. for them the company is more important than emotion of 1.4 billion people.
Romania also has occupied territories since the second world war. But that doesn't change the borders as sad as it may be. Our intention isn't to offend anyone, I just believe that many people obsess over such a small detail .... 🤦♂️
@@DodoExplorers when asked about the most beautiful country you have visited your answer was tibet so clearly you are against the occupation there. then why support the occupation of Indian land indirectly by showing the wrong map and telling it is a small detail even after people telling you to correct that. please visit the Indian government website and see the official map there or you can see any geography map of India in india.
@@DodoExplorers don't know how it is a small detail. in the same video you lashed out at the whole country because you had been denied entry at one tiny place of india. here more than 100000 sq km of india's land missing from Indian map and all this becomes small detail. do you know how much many lives have been lost and how much money India has to spend each year to defend its land.
Whtta bus. so convenient if youre in sleepy moment out there😊
Sorry for the inconvenience but this is what it is. I used to travel a lot by bus to jalpaiguri from Kolkata during my college life and every journey was pretty hectic and tiring but due to unavailability of train ticket I had to take bus.
HA HAHAHHAH ....horn has become the national musical instrument and drivers have become the members of that cacophony orchestra ....be it bus truck cars or even scooters for local commute ..
Should have taken an AC Volvo/Scania/Macedees etc of good operator.
10:12 A deliberate request to please show the right map of india....
Visit north east like Sikkim ,asam, meghalaya, arunachal pradesh,Nagaland, mizoram natural beauty of india ✌️
that was no local bus, that was a freakin long range sleeper ! :O
but, people usually avail these buses as last resort, when all train and better buses are booked up.
and they usually drink less water on the journey and use restrooms whenever available. xD
Well in our case it was a last resort as well, so yeah, we at least did a fun video about it 😁
Darjeeling and Sikkim are very popular tourist destinations for people from Kolkata so to get flight or train tickets you need to hurry especially the train tickets ends almost as soon as they are available.
West Bengal is the only Indian to have a beach as well as snow clad Himalayan mountains and also big vast jungles.
Beach- Digha, Mandarmani,
Forrest- Sunderban and Dooars
Mountain- Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Sandakphu(highest point of West Bengal)
Sandakhpu is in Nepal I went there they charged us for crossing border
@@jhumurmukherjee4674 we have a little bit in Bengal too
Don't travel long distances by bus in India. Use train. There are trains almost to any destination but if not at least near to the destination. Go up as close as possible by train and then travel the small part by bus. For example, you should have traveled up to Jalpaiguri by train and then caught a bus.
You guys missed new town kolkata. If you visit siliguri then please visit Darjeling to sikim
public washrooms for travelers especially females are very problematic in India unless you find a dhaba
Man you are really close to sikkim go to nathula pass you can see china from there.
13:51for complaining bangladeshis: Intercity Volvo AC buses have bio toilet in India & we have world class train system in India so we prefer train travel rather than bus travel.
You guys should visit Kolkata again in September last week to entire October then you will understand what Kolkata made for
You're right, the thumbnail made me laugh 😂
Welcome to Darjeeling (North bengal) 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Always try to use train in case of long journey India.......Kolkata to bolpur you can avail train half road in case is train tickets not available
Well my friend in India we use horn to mark our presence hence you tend to listen to it again and again
owsm video owsm content....that journey was painful indeed! these sleeper buses are rough......a lot of volvo or scania buses are available which would have been a comfortable one for you...you can book bus tickets online.
Thank yooou so much for appreciating our work, means a lot!
You both have presented Bangladesh in a different way...it was really amazing...miss you both and take care ...huge fan of yours....lot of love from Bangladesh
Whenever riding in long distance Indian bus just ask them to give tickets of volvo bus automatically you get little premium than the rest at about 1.5x the price
If you want to visit Bhutan ...New Jalpaiguri Railway station to Hasimara you can get train
sorry for the experience you have to go through. the infrastructure and transportation improving in India quite a lot. but you are in Eastern India the least developed part of the the country which has infrastructure of the 20th century.
Watch the video again. He clearly mentioned there are better options, AC more luxurious and expensive options but all of them were booked. You guys love to portray yourselves better than others!
@@travelroundvideos7470 having seen full video I commented and I stand by my comment that infrastructure is worst in East India. I am from Eastern India-kolkata.
yes I am also from Eastern part of India and agree to the fact that we lack infrastructure compared to rest of India
infrastructure might be poor in eastern india but it is certainly not worst
it is better than that of mumbai tbh
Here comes the north Indian guys saying eastern India is less develoved blah blah. As if north India is europe or some kind.
1:10 🚂🚉 ✈️everything is available...
Somewhat comfortable!!!!!it is not comfortable at all. If I see no trains available, I don't go there change of plans 🤣😅. Never take bus for so long journey. Only comfortable option is the Greenline Volvo.
That was like journey in Soyuz, even that is far more Smooth than this,
That is 'Viswakarma' beside 'kali'.. He is the architect of the gods..
The Indian bus is like a bullock cart, the bus in Bangladesh is a thousand times better than the Indian bus.World-class buses like Hino, Volvo, Scania, Man, Hino in Bangladesh.Where in India low quality buses like Tata, Ashok Leyland, Eicher run.
The petrol pump guy was saying "Today evening, I can get confirmed"
The Chicken's neck area is only 22 kms wide and has international border in both sides.. so.... Thats that..
You should choose shyamali or any other Volvo bus@ then your might be more comfortable
Love u all....may God bless u all ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻
You could have booked advance train ticket to Siliguri. A comfortable train journey in Air conditioned compartment.
You know you cross our house, bez we live middle of Kolkata and siliguri
You missed new town of Kolkata one of themost developed place of Kolkata.
There have lots of trains and flight to siliguri
There is lot of app available to book luxury bus from where want to go.... so certain guide is must for traveling huge country like india.... here you can find all type of traveling facilities but do some search and get a perfect way of traveling facilities basis on different routes.....
Oh we did research. Tried to book a train for 2 weeks beforehand, bus, and even plane. But apparently everyone wanted to go to Siliguri that day and the airport was under construction. It was also a recommendation from a local guy.
@@DodoExplorers Next time try 'Tatkal' Irctc service for train tickets through a reputed agent.
@@DodoExplorers i think there is foreign quota in the train..
Take greenline,shyamoli,rubi lokenath,expressline
All else is a nightmare
5:20 - 5:34 exactly same as almost every village small town / bazar in Bangladesh
This is political rally. I never seen in Bangladesh political rally happen in that way. Maybe the area you live in has this problem. Also I never heard songs playing so loud on a rally. Infact I never seen playing songs in political rally.
umm 15 hours on a bus, yikes! They do need to fix the bathroom situation for sure!
Yep, washrooms are a problem in India, particularly for ladies. It was much worse earlier but present West Bengal govt. had improved the situation quite a bit within the cities at least.
On the highways however one is literally at the mercy of nature.
The thumb rule is to avoid very cheap transports and unreliable people and inform the bus driver/conductor beforehand to halt at any decent highway restaurant which has clean washrooms.
@@Spittingfact481 absolutely.why they mentioned Pak
@@sathishammula7625 Because she stayed in Pakistan for 3 months and knows very well that Pakistan has washroom facilities for women on highways unlike India which not only unsafe for women but also lacks basic facilities for the tourists/travellers.
@@imtiazanik they travelled cheaper bus. No of trains and AC buses there with toilets.
Yearly millions of tourists visits india even girls without boy friend. Latest turkey girl gijju , chinese girl visited single.
Watch previous videos in Kolkata she said India good for ladies they wear modren dresses men's not staring woman like Muslim countries.
Go to Mumbai (India) 🇮🇳🇮🇳😌😌❤️ 12 th Richest City in the World 🇮🇳🇮🇳😌❤️
In Indian petrol pump you can use the Washroom by aske for key then they will provide you or infrom bus conductor they will stop the bus at public washroom.
You pass-through near my home which at Dakbanglow more, Barasat
While you are in India visit Silk Route (Sikkim), Lay Ladak and Kolkata (Kumartuli, Shyambazar, New Town, South City Mall, Rabindra Sarabar Lake, Hatibagan Market, Princep Ghat, Eco park, Nico Park, Aquatica, City Center, Bishwa Bangla Gate, Chai Break story)
Love from Bangladesh, Kishoreganj ❤
RAILWAY JOURNEY IS THE BEST PREFER RAILWAYS FOR LOBG DISTANCE , BUT DON'T FORGET TO RESERVE SEATS (WITH RESERVATION EXPIRENCE IT)
I love the nbstc bus please do a long journey in nbstc
Love From Lakshmipur 🇧🇩
I hope you will come to Meghalaya also - The Scotland of the East
You should have visited fairly railway office kolkata. A foreigners quota for train tickets is available over there.
Went there, no tickets available ..... 🤷♂️
@@DodoExplorers upps sorry bro, that might be the peak time. Btw enjoy your trip 😞
You should try the Volvo & scania buses...
wow, even I won't dare travel on that bus. instead go beyond budget to buy tickets for a Volvo or Scania. Very difficult journey, you guys rock
We are very very sorry regarding the washroom issue GG..
Well you should have taken the AC sleeper coach bus!!
congratulation on once in a life bumpy Bus experience !! hahahaha
if you ask them to stop by washroom they would have obliged .
You can catch plane through bagdogra airport..or trains from sealdah to njp
We gotta honk.. or every 100 mtrs there will be an collison or accident...
I mean if u take a bus.. Take a luxury one... Its always available
Even Kolkatans don't travel in such intense conditions...prefer the Volvo AC sleepers..
Try to visit Darjeeling and Sikkim you will be amazed and can see a different Parts of Bengal
bro there are 5 trains going to NJP from Kolkata everyday
Please go tu galiff street in north kolkata ( shyambazar) biggest pet market in asia
10:15 wrong map of India is shown
Yellow one in the map of India and gray is the chicken. Watch carefully.
@@typicalbengali1971 Yellow one in the map of India where Pok and aksai chin is missing. Watch carefully.
Also , I don't think that the map you showed is right. Please use the correct map in future.
I was waiting for the thumbnail moments🤣🤣
Omg, don't take bus😃😃😃
Please show train journey as well
15:01... WoW man, good job authority guys....😁
Shhhh thats modijis pet here to spy on mamata 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I prefer Ac buses like Poulomi or Shyamoli. Those are sleeper buses but ac and also have good interior
Seriously guys you took our heart.. 💕💖
In one video she said India good for women very safe in mid night also full freedom but Muslim countries every one stares women.
10:46 Right side, Good friendship....
And sorry guys for your inconveniences including the washroom problem. Govt should take care of it properly
Why guys you do t take plane kolkata to bagdogra
2:24 they were talking about the rise of petrol diesel prices due to russia ukraine war