After some personal travel trips like Bangalore to Mysore, Chennai to Bangalore and local one travelling to Yelagiri Hills and on. The next trip was to Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) in or around 1995. It was that too not personal as tour and travels but for an interview purpose. Anyhow, the trip that first time I had been to Mumbai from Bangalore is unable to forgot in my life time. I traveled from Chennai to Bangalore, then Bangalore to Solapur and the next day night from Solapur to Mumbai via buses. This is something out of design transport mode compare to train trip later for the same purpose.
Anyhow, the trip was naturally awesome since I was alone and no accompany with me except some strange travelers on the way. Yes, I got a bus to Chitradurga from Bangalore and then got it one more to Solapur. When I got down in Solapur next day. I called my cousin who was working over there, and, he came then picked me up to his place. Thanks God, everything gone smooth without any issue on travel except some tiredness of the travel though I forgot it since I enjoyed the whole moon and its shine on the way with natural act at whole night while travelling from bus.