So our first adventure was the train. America was built around the car, where as Asia was built around the train. (If you disagree, this is what Dave told me.) So you pretty much take the train if you want to travel around the country.
Our train was to depart at 3:42pm on Friday. We arrived at the train station with about 45 minutes till our departure. We walk down the hall and turn right into a massive waiting room jam packed with people. We managed to find seats for the three of us. This rooms is about the size of a gymnasium and about 1/2 of the people in it are going on our train.
The time is getting closer and closer and still they haven't opened the few gates that all of us have to squeeze through. Keep in mind...there is NO ORDER in this country. Since most are only children and most have gone through hard times; it's every man for himself. There isn't much regard for others. There are no formal lines either. So finally at 3:35pm they open the gates. It is literally like a herd of cattle trying to go through 3 narrow gates. We were not close to the front of the line either.
So we make it down the escalator to the train platform and we are at car 17 of 30 something, trying to get to car 2. So I see people starting to jog a bit and I mention to Dave, "Do you think we should run?"
So we start running too! We make it to our car, squeeze on as more passengers are fighting against us to get off the train. No sooner do we sit down and the train takes off!!!!!!! We couldn't believe it. That's so typical of our experience here though. I said to Dave, "Good thing we ran!"
