Had a good sleep
Y
W
C
A

Clean
Cheerful
And Cheap

Nippy, nippy,nippy
Wrong solution in the eye
Make you wanna cry
Cry cry cry
You’ve got a red eye – sigh!

Things got better better better
Cashed your cheques
Got a good rate
Got a good lunch
Good choice
Marine Towers

Red eye still persists
Nurses in the party insists
Hospital added to the lists
Treated with the best of care
The eye’s ‘nay langer awe that sare”
Not a rupee was exchanged
Raj can’t believe the treatment free
And so a miracle is proclaimed
And as I linger with that thought…

The tap came on the curtain. It was the first time I’ve had a curtain call at 4.30am in the morning.  But who’d  complain? It was the lovely  Martha, reminding me that we’d be in Dindigul shortly. The curtains are still drawn all around the carriage. I pull my things together, gather up the sheets, fold back the seats, its a passenger train again.

Oh I have to go to the loo. Now there’s a journey worth taking. Simple, but effective. Simply a hole in the floor of the train. Not just an ordinary hole, an nicely cut round one, with foot prints marked on the footplate to let you know where to stand or crouch. Yes I’d recommend this train trip to anyone.

The train stops –  bags are thrown out –  the porter takes them to the car. This is travel Indian style.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

One thing I’m always conscious of, how hard some people have to work for their living. I remember coming across a man breaking stones in Peru, with a towel over his head to protect him from the sun. the following year I saw a similar situation here in India.  When you look at the man in this picture  remind yourself that he earns very little, but his back will be worn out carry bundles and burdens from morning to night.