HEAVEN IN A BUNKER BED..... I STILL HAVE NO IDEA HOW I GOT UP THERE.
THIS SHOT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO INTENSE. IT LITERALLY FEELS LIKE JAIL LOOKING IN AND OUT OF CABIN, BUT MUCH LIKE ANY EXPERIENCE BECOMES STRANGELY ENDURABLE AFTER A WHILE.
THE MORNING AFTER. A SWEET LITTLE CHAI TO SHINE A LITTLE LIGHT & SHANTI ONTO MY DAY.....
OUR LITTLE LEOPARD PRINT TIBETAN BUNDLE OF JOY. LOVE NEST. KATIE AND I HAVE BECOME SO USED TO SHARING SMALL SPACES I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO SLEEP ALONE AGAIN.
WE FAREWELLED OUR FAMILY IN BOMBAY TO EMBARK ON AN 18 HOUR TRAIN JOURNEY INTO JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, IN THE NORTH OF INDIA. SLEEPER CLASS IN NON A/C CONDITIONS WAS THE ONLY AVAILABLE TRAVEL, WHICH TRANSLATED AS BUNKERING UP WITH A 50 INDIANS IN OPEN CABINS ALLOWING 24HOUR ACCESS TO BUSKERS, BEGGARS AND WALLAHS. QUITE LITERALLY A CIRCUS TRAIN JOURNEY ENSUED. CULTURE SHOCK AT IT'S FINEST. MEN YELLING, CHANTING, SINGING 'CHAI WALLAH!! CHAI WALLAH!!' ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT, SELLING EVERYTHING FROM SNACKS TO TOYS, RANDOM DRUMMERS BEATING AT OUR HEADS, BEGGARS SLIDING ACROSS FLOORS, CIRCUS BABIES WITH BRIGHTLY COLORED FACES ROLLING AROUND THROUGH HOOPS FOR RUPEES AND LOLLIES. WE POACHED A FEW PILLOWS FROM FIRST CLASS AND COCOONED OURSELVES IN A WEB OF PASHMINAS TO FALL INTO A SURREAL SLEEP OF CHANTING AND TRAINS WHIZZING BY.. WHAT A TRIP!!
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