Trip to THORPAAAAAA

Intro to the trip

I guess the best place to start is the beginning.

Like most days here I don’t know whats happening until its about to happen. I thought we were leaving for this trip on Sunday, when actually the plan was Monday. I was mentally and physically ready for Sunday; the delay totally messed with my mind.

So its Monday. The train leaves at I think 430 and we planned to leave the compound around 2. I wasn’t sure why, the train station is an easy 15 minutes drive and there is NO security, so you get on the train when it gets there, whether you have been waiting minutes or hours.

So we get in the rickshaw (3 wheeled rusted 2-cycle means of transport popular in dense areas), and we start on our way. Andddd hit a traffic jam. And rain. Don’t forget, its monsoon season, which isn’t like Ohio summer rains. It’s like Seattle rain every day, all day, then be humid so this was expected to a point. But we are hanging out of this vehicle, which is normal and assumed. So each of us had different body parts getting wet, except the driver. I was lucky to only soak my left leg from mid thigh to ankle and left arm mid bicep to elbow. The others weren’t so lucky. After about an hour waiting we finally get through, which is good because father was about to call off the trip.

We got to the station about 10 minutes before the train was scheduled to depart. Well the train was late, another thing you can almost plan on, and we boarded almost an hour later. Father was on the phone the whole time and I was tired so kinda zoned off into space, as people stared at me and my hat. Haha ohh my hat