So my first day in
India was spent getting lost on the metro and seeing the lotus temple. I had
planned on seeing a few more but couldn't figure out where they were and
instead of being late for my train from trying to find them I decided to head
back to get my bag at the hotel and then to the train. Good thing I did because
I couldn't remember the name of the metro station where I boarded. So after
wasting an hour of back and forth on the train I made it. Getting to the train
station was a bit of an ordeal. Standing at the bus stop I felt someone try to
pick pocket me. I wasn't sure or I would have blown up at him but then he tried
again on the bus this time getting caught by another passenger. But sometime
between the guy yelling at the thief and getting off the bus I was successfuly
pick pocketed and my note book with all my sites I wanted to see, the names of
the hotels I was going to stay at, and other info was taken. Thankfully the
only thing I didn't have an extra copy of was the hostels, so no worries.
Considering what else I had in my pockets I got very lucky.
But I finally, with the help of some fellow passengers, got to the bus station
just in time...except the train was twenty minutes late so I was plenty early
and had no need to rush at all. This is a picture of the sleeper class
car I'm riding in. It is the lowest class available, I.e. cheap, and it is a
busy place for sure. People constantly are coming up and down the aisles with
stuff to sell, bags, and the like. The bottom bunk during the day acts like a
seat, the second bunk is the back to the seat, and only the top is always a
bunk. I managed to get a top so I am free from the over crowded lower
seat as long as I don't mind laying down the whole time. Still, the next
train I might spring for a car with air-conditioning.
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