Bus luggage scams and seeing wild elephants on rural routes to Kandy
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The luggage fee is NOT a scam. It is standard CTB public bus policy. Local buses do not have luggage compartments. If your bag takes up a physical seat or blocks the aisle, the conductor legally charges you for an extra passenger seat. As for elephants, you will not see them on the main Colombo-Kandy highway, as it is too urbanized.
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Chamari L.•7290 rep•136
If you take the bus from Kandy towards Dambulla/Habarana later on, you absolutely will see wild elephants crossing the road from the bus window.
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Maya T.•6050 rep•221
If you keep your bag on your lap the entire ride, they cannot charge you anything.
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