Eminyakeni nje emine edlule ngangikude, kude neSpain engizithola ngikuso manje. Ngokuqondile, besihamba ngesitimela sidlula e-India, sisuka e-Agra siya eGoa, phakathi nohambo lwamahora angama-31 izinkumbulo zabo ezifike emqondweni emva kokuphinda ufunde incwajana yokubuka. ukuduma akuzange kungivumele ukuba ngenze ngokuqinile. Nangempela kwaba njalo. . . ngakho-ke kunjalo, elinye izwe engizozama ukukuholela kulo futhi, ngokwenzekayo, ngikwelule ukuthi nini uzungeze i-India ngesitimela.
Indawo yezitolo ingena esitimeleni
Ngesikhathi sika thenga ithikithi lesitimela eNdiya Kunezindlela eziyisishiyagalombili (kusuka ku-1AC, ezinesimo somoya, kuya esigabeni sesibili), esikhethe kuzo ithikithi leSleeper Class: eshibhile (ama-euro angama-30), ngaphandle kwesiphephetha-moya namakamelo abantu abayi-6. Yithikithi elinconywe kakhulu, hhayi kuphela ngenxa yentengo yalo, kodwa futhi nangenxa yokuhlangenwe nakho kokuhamba ekilasini "lokulala", uhlala nabagibeli, iningi labo, okungamaNdiya.
Sithenga amathikithi enkampanini yasendaweni, yize etholakala ngqo ku-inthanethi kuwebhusayithi ye-IRCTC (Renfe) yaseNdiya noma eCleartrip. Zingathengwa futhi esiteshini uqobo, yize inkampani izokweluleka kangcono, ikakhulukazi uma kunguhambo lwakho lokuqala. Futhi awufuni ukuma olayini abade eziteshini zezitimela zaseNdiya ezimatasa.
Siphume esiteshini sesitimela sase-Agra sahlala esihlalweni sethu, phakathi kwentsha emibili yendawo "ebithandana" nomngani wami nobaba onendodana enenkathazo enginobudlelwano obuhle nami obugcina buyinkumbulo ekhetheke kakhulu yalolo hambo.
Lapho nje isitimela siqala, uyezwa ukuthi, kungazelelwe, ufaka imihlaba emibili ehluke kakhulu: lena engaphesheya kwemigoqo, edlula ngokushesha, enemibala futhi ephilayo, naleyo esitimeleni, amaphaseji abo aphenduka uhlobo lwemakethe yezikhukhula udlule kusihlungi esingajwayelekile: abesifazane abaphethe obhasikidi bezithelo, abanye abazofunda isandla sakho nabesilisa abathengisa ama-samosa (labo onxantathu abajwayelekile bemifino), izilwane ezifakiwe kanye nomuthi wokuxubha. Eqinisweni, kuthiwa abaningi bakhokha ithikithi lesitimela ukusuka endaweni eya kwenye ukuze benze uhambo lwabo lube nenzuzo. Abanye, ngqo, bangena ngaphakathi.
Ezitobhini, abanye abathengisi bangena abanye behla, baze bakunikeze nemikhiqizo yabo ngewindi, ikakhulukazi a itiye chai lokho akusoze kwantuleka futhi lokho kuba uhlobo lomuthi, mhlawumbe ngoba njalo ngemizuzu eyishumi ulalela uChai ojwayelekile! Chai! ehamba emaphaseji futhi kubiza ama-rupees ama-5 kuphela. Okokuphatha izinzwa ozijabulela kamnandi esihlalweni sakho ngenkathi unikeza izikhathi zokucabangisisa kahle ngezindawo eziphakathi kwezinqola noma ukuya endlini yangasese, igumbi lapho ngaphambi kokufika "emgodini" kufanele ugweme amachibi amanzi ombala ongabazekayo , iba uhlobo lokuzijabulisa ngokwalo.
Ngesikhathi sokulala esitimeleni saseNdiya, Uma uthola umbhede ophakeme kakhulu, uzoba senhlanhleni, futhi uma uthatha uhhafu weValium (ukulala nganoma iyiphi indlela yokuhamba bekungeyona into yami), kungcono kakhulu. Uyazi, ngesikhwama somcamelo, awusoze wazi. Kwesinye isikhathi kukhona okuzokuvusa, bese uyolunguza komunye weminyango ubukele izigcawu zaseNdiya zidlula ngaphambi kwakho, ngomkhumbi ogcwele, ngendlela yomlingo.
Empeleni, ngesinye isikhathi isitimela sima, angazi ukuthi kungani, futhi kwaba nokuthula okukhulu emaphaseji. Ngalunguza ekhoneni lami eliyimfihlo phakathi kwezinqola futhi ngahlala lapho, ngedwa, ngilalele imisindo yehlathi elaligone ujantshi wesitimela, ngenkathi ezinhlangothini zesitimela indoda edilike icoshe amabhodlela epulasitiki awafaka esikhwameni semfucumfucu.
Ngifanele futhi ukusho ukuthi, yize kunenhlanganisela yabantu abahlala kulezi zitimela, iningi labo imvamisa ziphephile. AmaNdiya angazama ukukucela imali, akuthabise futhi akuthengisele okuthile, kepha engxenyeni enkulu ngabantu abanezingxoxo ezinhle, abangeke bangabaze ukukubuza noma baphendule noma imiphi imibuzo noma, empeleni, bakwenza ubone ukuthi futhi baqonde isiko laseNtshonalanga ngomunwe.
Futhi-ke, phakathi kokuxoxa nokuxoxa, ukucabanga, abesifazane baseSaris abawela amasimu nabesilisa ababuka impilo iqhubeka, sabona umehluko we-Uttar Pradesh, isimo sezulu sayo esibandayo kanye nama-moor agcwele amasimu elayisi, saze safika olwandle Amasundu agcwala izikhukhula IGoa, lelo pharadesi lamahippie lapho kungashodi khona amasonto amaPutukezi namaqembu e-trance enziwe eNdiya engingazange ngilinge ukuya kuwo.
Ngemuva kwemizuzu engamashumi amabili safika ePanaji, sishiya lowo baba owayemomotheka nendodana yakhe ngaso sonke isikhathi ngenkathi sizikhipha kulowo sitimela lapho senza khona uhambo esasingeke siphinde siluphinde. Izwe elikomunye umhlaba lapho urisho wawusilindele khona ukulungele ukusingenisa singene ehlathini.
Uma ucabanga ukuhambela eNdiya, ukuweqa ngesitimela kungumyalo wokuqala wemiyalo eqanjiwe yaseNdiya okufanele uyikhumbule.
Kungenzeka eyodwa ye- okuhlangenwe nakho okuhle kakhulu kwezokuhamba emhlabeni.