Monday, 6 October 2014

It's enough to make you cry "Uncle!"

Yep. Totally asleep. Woke up to see the crowd and...
went back to sleep. 
On a last minute call, we packed all night to catch a 3am train out of town. Due to disagreement with a conductor on the platform boarding was going to be tight. With Bollywood-star-like agility we ran along side the moving train to find an open door. But that night was a Bollywood tale of woe as every door was locked and we had to walk back past hundreds of half-sleeping people who just watched the effort.

If anyone could help us find the next solution it would be the uncles at the ticket window. Not pictured are the 20 other men I waded among trying to rouse the employees. No matter how people pushed or persuaded, the help window remained open, but not doing business.

This experience typifies some of the most trying moments here. Just when you want something to go right. But a way was made and we caught our flight by using an alternative bicycle rickshaw, 4 hour bus ride, and regional flight to catch our intended flight.

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