Train Day

Today was our long day on the train. We woke up around 8, did a little reading, and headed into the restaurant car for some breakfast.

The night before we forgot to get snacks, so all we had was two large carrots, six cookies, and about 10 sweet potato chips. We got to the cigarette smokey restaurant car and sat down. The server gave us both coffees, and we asked for food. She just shook her head. 

(The cig smokers)

No food? We were relying on this for breakfast and lunch. She showed us a packet of shrimp flavored Ramon (Asian equivalent) and we reluctantly said yes. We were eyeing up other options but there wasn't really much. 

(Our breakfast...)

We ate the Ramon, which wasn't all that bad, and stocked up on the few snacks they had. The hotdog looking thing in the noodles was disgusting - we both threw it out. We found a cup of weird kettle corn (not the same flavor as US kettle corn), waters, and chips. We didn't understand why they have this big kitchen and don't use it??

We went back to our cubbie and hung out. We entertained ourselves with the usual cribbage, reading, and writing. Someone opened out door randomly around noon and it was the lunch man! So they do actually use the kitchen. It was rice, some cabbage thing, and fake meat (edit from face meat). We told ourselves it was tofu to help get it down. We also got a ear of corn. This ear of corn is a perfect representation of the food quality on this train. 

(What is going on?)

Although it wasn't delicious, it was better than nothing. We'll eat some good food tonight to make up for it. 

The afternoon was filled with more of the same and an eagerness to get to the beach. Once we got to the train station we got a cab to take is directly to the airbnb. 

We hopped in a cab and headed straight for the Airbnb. It wasn't a long ride, about 40 minutes and we were there. I thought it was on the beach, but it's across the street and down a ways. Really not the end of the world, plus the property is really nice and relaxing (I'll get pictures in the next post).

The property is a bit tucked away from the road, which isn't a crazy busy road, but is somewhat touristy. Our host saved us the best and more beautiful bungalow (does he save the worst one for someone?). The bathroom is an open air bathroom And the main room has air conditioning. It makes me feel like a diva saying that AC is necessary, but it really is in order to sleep in the otherwise 80 degrees and humid weather. 

After grabbing a bite to eat on the ocean, we headed back to our room to hang out and plan our next couple days. Looking at the lonely planet book and trip advisor this place seems like mainly a beach and chilling kind of place. There are some things to see like big dunes, but the reviews made them seem just average. 

We'll see what we're up for in the next couple days, but whatever happens we will definitely be getting in the water!

"Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone."

- Wendell Berry