Cosmic Travellers Choice

Chickpet is always loud and crowded, but that’s just how it is around here. Cosmic Travellers Choice is tucked into Ram Nagar, at number 159. If you know the area, you know how narrow the lanes get and how much shouting there is from the street vendors. We’ve been here long enough that the noise doesn't even register anymore. We deal mostly with luggage and travel gear. People coming in are usually planning a trip back to their villages or maybe somewhere further away. They want something with wheels that actually turn and handles that don't snap off at the bus station. The shop isn't very large, so we have to stack the suitcases pretty high up toward the ceiling. Sometimes it's a real workout getting a specific color down for a customer. We spend a lot of our day just rearranging things to make space. It gets dusty, being right on the street, so there’s a lot of wiping down to do every morning before the first person walks in. We don't have a website or anything like that. People just find us by walking past or because their cousin told them we had what they needed. It’s a straightforward way to run a business. We open up early and stay until the street starts to quiet down in the evening. It’s just us and the bags, really, and the constant hum of Chickpet outside our door.