MarshallC

Sri Lanka : Colombo

Posted by MarshallC | 3rd December 2007

An early departure (0720 train was 15 minutes late) and the Observation Car had seen a lot of wear and tear compared to the nicely upholstered 'Up Train' but there is ample leg room and I had a window seat. The seat next to me used as luggage storage by the couple behind (they had at ticket for the seat). Remind me not to travel on weekend trains while here .. this is family day and there were at least a dozen children in addition to the 40 adults in the carriage. Inevitable that at any given time one or more of these brats would be crying or attention seeking but there was one little 6 or 7 year old who shouted by the top of his lungs for at least 5 hours. I would have throttled him given half a chance. The pattern here is similar to that I have seen in Thailand .. poor people have lots of kids and keep them under control ; the middle class have just one or two and indulge them mercilessly.

I enjoyed the scenery even though I had just been through here a few days before ; in the

Continued | .. towards a world unknown...

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