Day 2- Train ride
After a long train trip filled with everything from random Indians trying to sell us food, to being told to throw our rubbish out of the moving train door, we (group B & C) arrived a Dindigul station. Group A had already left us at Tritchy Station to go to Nagapattum with Peppe. How best to describe Dindigul? From the station to the town it was almost as poor and rotting as it smelt. The main residents of the town were under the bridge- sleeping, decaying or both, and the hubbub of the road was unbelievable, worse then Glenferrie Road in peak hour (with 3 trams!). They had public urinals at the bus stop which run into an open sewer. A few boys had a go while we where waiting. Words can not describe the smell of these ‘pissiarias’- rotting death is the best we can come up with.
After we finally managed to track down a bus driver (a task filled with many arguments from half a dozen prospective bus drivers!) we boarded what can only be described as a moving Indian disco machine, fully loaded with the greatest Indian hits of all time. Then we were off on another adventure of horns, bad drivers and colourful local language, until we arrived at yet another small town- Vatulagundu. Much the same as Dindigal we quickly bordered another bus, this time joined by a dozen smiling Indian children who were all looking at us in a shy, bemused way. Then we drove to our final destination- G. Kallupatti. Our first impressions of G. Kalluptti was that it was cleaner & calmer then the other insane towns of India we had visited, which must be due to the fantastic work of Brother James Kimpton & his team at RTU.
The Children’s Village (where we are staying) is amazing- it is a breath of fresh air. It is an incredible contrast from the other places we have experienced, and it is always a beautiful place to return to. That night we were fed by Muthu, a friendly lady who is essentially our mum out here- she cleans our rooms, prepares our meals & even washes our clothes. She is amazing. We were assigned our rooms & settled in for the night.
The next few days are hard & testing, but Will & I will update in a few days
Signing off, Daniel Rodway & Will O’Brien
PS. Will O’Brien would like to send his love & kisses to his parents & he misses them dearly.
5 comments:
Such a wonderful experience. I wish you all well and look forward to further postings.
Carmel Eyre (Kin Library)
Hi Guys
We are thoroughly enjoying reading your fantastic account of the trip so far. Please keep it up as we really look forward to each new update on your time in what seems to be a fascinating, confronting and wonderful country.
We have enquiries every day from people wanting to know how you are all getting on and it's great to be able to direct them to the blog (especially those who donated to your fund-raising).
Glad you are all safe and well. Special love and kisses to Will O'B.
from Colleen (Will's Mum)
Hi boys,
so exciting this morning to read the wonderful accounts of your Indian adventure. With love to you
all, especially Dan R from Karen(Dan's Mum xoxo)
Post a Comment