Thursday, May 22, 2008

Night Train

If people think a 14 and a half hour flight to Delhi was bad, then apparently they have not been on a train that runs for 13 and a half hours under India's conditions. Leaving from Agra and arriving in Varanasi. The only good perk was that it was at night which made it easier to fall asleep; if one could given the not stop rocking, people in and out of the car, and the smell(which is a common theme in India). There were eight of us per sleeping area whch was about a space of 11 x 8 ft, otherwise known as sardenes. If one needed to use the bathroom (and I assume no females did) you would walk into a piss filled room with shit in the air, the best option was to wait and hope that your bladder would not burst until the hotel. Myself,coming off of a 24 hour sickness did not mind the conditions, because I had about 2 hours of sleep the night before, but from what I understood in the morning no one enjoyed it. When we finally arrived, the tell sign of everyone's state of mind was their reactions to hagglers outside the train, which kind of looked like blockers plowing the way in football. But once we arrived at the hotel that has a wonderful view of the Ganges relaxation set in, I feel is entirely due to the incredible A/C in each of our rooms. All I can say is hoo rah, we've got another f*cker to Delhi in a couple of days.

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