so yesterday was quite a long day of travel for me. i took a train from mysore to bangalore - 3 hours. then arsed about at the bangalore train station for about 2 hours. and i was only hassled by beggars, not sleazy men, not annoying kids, it was quite refreshing. then my train journey. i was happy to see there was a list posted outside the train car with the names of people with reservations, so there was no confusion this time on which bunk was whose. and through the whole journey no one hassled me. i could barely believe it!
but now i'm done with long, uncomfortable (well, not compared to a bus - that is the ultimate in discomfort) train rides. from here on out my train journeys will all be under 2 hours. then of course is that fabulous 18 hour flight on june 16...
so today i arrived in cochin, and managed to get to the jet airways office to book my flight back to mumbai (with some trouble, the rickshaw driver was a little lost - luckily it was a set rate based on my destination, not how long/far it was). money well spent, i think, when you compare to the agony of a 48 hour train ride from the ashram back to mumbai.
so i'm settling in here, figuring things out, finding places to eat, and internet cafes to surf at. (this is the second one, the first one with the appealing "broadband" sign out front was having some difficulty).
so no big plans for my time here in cochin. some wandering. will probably go see a kathakali dance performance (this is traditional keralan dance). some shopping. and chill. :)
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