To the Buddhist stupas according to international standards
I was honored to get on the first Indian train fulfilling the ISO9001 norm requirements. What comes out of it?
We only had 15 minutes delay on departure. Quite a success. On arrival it was 2 hours. Within standards:-]
For me, a no-reservation passenger, it would mean I shall be kicked out of the berth car to the 2nd class one. No mercy. There were even policemen for this job and crowds of the Indians bowed out to the crowded cars. But I looked to European. So I was enjoying plenty of space near the toilet. At times I could even stretch out my legs.
However, revolutions ingnore standards. About a million people, returning from a political demonstration invaded the train. The police disappeared silently, or were disappeared. My habitat shrank to a rucksack I could sit on and sleeping bag [packed] size. This was not the first time though and it brought more memories of previous travels to India than suffering. The toilet stench was not too horrible this time. There was running water available for the entire journey thanks to the norm. So far I have been traveling without a protective scarf over my nose:-]
I was liberated by an IT craft brother for the last two hours. I fell to instant coma on his berth, waking up on a beautiful morning in the city of Vidisha, just 10 km from the well-known 3rd century BC stupas.
tak si to vsechno procitam, kdyz mam chvilku casu a nestacim se divit. jsi asi jeste vetsi dobrodruh,nez jsem cekal…jen tak dale,davej jen na sebe pozor a opatruj se.