I took a local bus – walked up to the main road along the
dirt track from the hotel and flagged the next bus that trundled along that was
heading to Trinco town (only 4 kms away).
Just as on previous trips we were all squashed in and I had to stand
until a seat near me became available.
But I gained such a sense of achievement for doing it without assistance
– of course it was bearable with only one small backpack to contend with.
Only took about 15 mins and I got off at the bus station and
went to a bank with ATM and withdrew some more cash for the next week.
Took a saunter down the shopping street –
enjoying the fresh produce markets, freshly caught fish stalls and king coconut
stalls where I stopped to partake of coconut drink and then scooping out the
young flesh.
There are many backstreet
tailor shops and lots of bicycle repair shops (wish we had these in
Brisbane). People were friendly. Was a bit of a reality check to see all the signage for tsunami evacuation procedures.
Lost my bearings a bit in finding the Train
station and found I’d walked a couple of Kms too far so hopped on a tuktuk to
go there and enquire about tickets for Monday and enroute got the driver to stop off at a shop so I could buy some 'curd'.
Monday's train will leave at 7am and it’s a 3 hour trip with one
train change and the total fare will be $1.20.
I can travel second class and it all seems easy enough except I can't pre-pay and reserve a ticket but today’s been a
big step forward in gaining more confidence in tackling the challenges.
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