Turning back time

Last week - August 16, 2009 - I did that - well I managed to, atleast. Armed with a train ticket from Madurai to Bangalore, I went to the railway station, only to discover to my horror that the ticket is from Bangalore to Madurai - same day. What followed was a classic case of ' I ran' - bus after bus from Madurai to Trichy to Salem to Bangalore. All at a cost of less than Rs 200. Reached Bangalore at 11 the next day morning.