Earth Travels

If you walk down 458 Street in Mahatpura, specifically in the Chatta Bazar area, you’ll find Earth Travels. It’s a small office, often quite cramped with maps and old brochures and stacks of tickets. We’ve been in this neighborhood for a long time. The street outside is usually very busy with shoppers and vendors, so there’s a lot of noise coming through the front door. We don't have a big corporate team; it’s just a few of us sitting at desks helping people figure out how to get from one place to another. Most of our customers are locals who have been coming to us for years. They just walk in and ask about bus prices or train timings. We spend a lot of time on the phone or staring at computer screens trying to find a decent route. It’s not a glamorous job, but it’s interesting to hear where everyone is going. Sometimes the power goes out in the bazaar and we have to wait it out with the door open for some breeze. We don’t do any flashy advertising or anything like that. People just know we are here at Chatta Bazar. We try to be helpful and get the details right, even if the office looks a bit messy with all the papers everywhere. It’s a simple, local business where we just take things one booking at a time and hope the trains run on time for everyone who visits us.