Leaving Mysore

Packing, cleaning, and saying good-bye are all no fun, but necessary today. We left our spotless room with bulging suitcases. Apparently we bought a few more things than we thought! We said good-bye to Vijay and Shimy and their daughter Carmel before heading off to the train station.

This train is actually pretty much on schedule, surprise, surprise! We had a relatively quick trip. As we were exiting the train, people were trying to board. It was a bit ridiculous and Nadim got mad and started to voice his feelings in three different languages! Eventually we got out onto platform 7 with all our bags and then we realized that we needed to go up a very large staircase, cross over the trains and back down another staircase so that we could exit the station. Luckily there are suitcase walas who are more than willing to take your suitcases for you, for a price of course. They lift your cases onto their heads and balance them there while weaving through the crowds.

We arrived in the Coles Road Baha’i Centre in the early evening. It is a little dusty because it hasn’t been used in some time, but we have fresh sheets and we are rather excited about the hot water shower. We’re only here for one night before we head off to Kerala on tomorrow’s night train.

CM