A Minor Setback

I was supposed to be on my way to Kanyakumari, the most southern town in India. The bus was supposed to pick me up from my place at 9:30. I know the private buses aren't always on time, but it was an hour late so I asked the guy at my guest house about it. He called the main office and told me there were no seats left. I told him I had a ticket so he ran to the main office and came back with my money. That's not what I wanted. I fucking wanted to be on the fucking bus. So now I have to wait until 1:45am to catch a train. And now that I'm solo again, I feel I have to stay awake in the unreserved second class train so as not to have anything stolen. Therefore I will stay up until at least 7am before I can get any rest,

So here is todays edition of what's fucked up about India:

I couldn't even give the guy who sold me the ticket any shit because he went home for the night. Instead I laid into the guy there and felt bad for it. I don't think he understood half the shit I was saying though.

There is no queue here, no matter what people say. Assholes continually try to cut in front of you for everything. I am however learning to use my 30lbs. backpack as a weapon. Dropping it on someones sandaled foot or into the side of their knee gets their attention quite well. I saw a kiwi girl smack a guy upside the head with hers as she got off the train (he was trying to push his way on as she was getting off). I had to laugh when it happened. I may end up in an India jail soon for assault with a dangerous weapon.

I woke up this morning (at 4:30) and there were a shitload of tiny little ants crawling all over my bed and biting me. I originally thought I had a nice room.

OK. Any one reading this knows I have a beef with India, but it is a great place and I would come back again, once I leave that is. Some people are really nice and some people just plain need to stop breathing, but you get that in a country with a billion people in it. Then again you get that in every country.

All I can do now is hopefully get a seat on the train and stay up for the next seven hours.