We had such a wonderful and refreshing time on the island. This view from our room was especially refreshing for me and I wish I could take it with me and put it outside of my window in Dhaka!
A couple of taxi and one ferry ride later, we found ourselves at the train station. Because we had a couple hours to kill, we decided to do some shopping. We found a big shopping center and had fun browsing and eating donuts. When we decided to head back, there were no taxis to be found. We walked and walked, desperate and wondering if we were going to miss out train. Finally Austin flagged down a taxi that wasn't on duty. A guy was just taking his wife home from work, but he offered to take us and we got there, only to discover that the train was delayed a couple of hours. In the end it was 2 and a half hours, which felt very long to a tired out family. Some good things about it were that we had time to eat supper. We got burgers from McDonalds and did they ever taste good! Riley found a cat that had kittens and spent a lot of time watching and petting. We made friends with a jolly Malaysian man who was taking his grandchildren back to the capital after spending their holidays with him and his wife. He entertained us with stories and asked us if we think things will change with our new president. In talking with people from different countries, I have gotten the feeling that the world is really looking on in hope, a feeling they have not had the past few years, but that is another subject.
We enjoyed the lush potted plants that filled the station.
And of course there was a toilet. As in many places here, we had to pay 30 sens (roughly 10 cents) for each person to use it.
We were quite happy when the train finally pulled in and we found our berths and fell into nice clean soft beds for the night. We actually got a decent amount of sleep and pulled into the station around 8:30 in the morning.
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