Having slept for the whole day and the night after, we were fresh and awake on this day. The day passed reading every word in the newpaper (whichever was available), the magazine, novel and finally the travel guide.
Since the train was going where we were headed (quite a coincidence right!) people around were either locals, or tourists; it’s a great idea to chat up with the locals, they have a lot of relevant info to provide, stuff that you will not find in the guides. So both Suzy and i, Suzy more than i, got talking to people. We found out that one of the routes we had planned is inaccessible by private vehicles and many more such nuggets. We took the numbers of few and roughly planned dates for the travel.
On the way, one of the local forewarned us about a HUGE dam that we will pass, so Suzy and i stepped out armed with the camera to click the dam and guess what, we can’t get to defog the lens! Since the camera was in an A/Ced compartment, as soon as we brought it out, it fogged. We could not get any pictures of the dam, but i should tell you, it was HUGE! While we waited outside, the lens eventually aclimatized and lost the fog. But the dam had passed.
In the night, we decided to take stock of the expenses. Again, do this regularly, else, its impossible to trace where the money disappeared. We had already spent over 10K between the both of us, but now it was accounted.
Another day has gone, tomorrow morning we are due to reach Guwahati.
Moral: Carry books and empty sheets of pepers for the train, this will help you stay busy. Chat with the people on the train/bus/flight and get insider info from the locals. Camera lenses fog if brought out from an airconditioned compartment, they need time to warm up when brought out.
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