| So I was on the train from Mexico City to Veracruz. | | | | over to his folks place for lunch. People sure were |
| The day before I had decided it was necessary to | | | | friendly in that place! Anyways, after lunch I bought the |
| flee the city because the smog was terrible. I mean | | | | guy a couple of beers at the brewery where he |
| really bad...if you licked your lips it felt gritty. Yuck. I was | | | | worked (good beer too) and headed back to the train. |
| 21 and visiting my mexican girlfriend at the time. Yeah, | | | | Yeah the train. What train? I got to the platform and it |
| she was hot. Anyways! Taking the train overnight to | | | | was gone! Oh was I pissed....the train had left without |
| Veracruz seemed like a good idea. The mexican peso | | | | me, and all my stuff (video camera etc) was still on |
| was so screwed back then, that I had an old Pullman | | | | the train! |
| sleeper cabin to myself for less than 40 bucks. Two | | | | Yikes. I told a guy at the ticket office what happened. |
| bunks and a toilet...still, not exactly luxury! | | | | The train had just gone up a siding a few miles nearby |
| It was the next day; I had woken up and we had | | | | to wait. But it was not going to stop in the town again. |
| come through the mountains overnight and we were | | | | Now this is where something happened that would |
| now in the lowland jungle. The train was pretty slow | | | | never happen at home....the ticket office guy radioed |
| because people were always walking on the tracks. | | | | the train, and it stopped in the town again just for me! |
| We come to this little one horse town, and I ask the | | | | Wow. What a break... |
| guy in my decent spanish how long we'll be stopped. | | | | That kind of thing is typical of most of my travels |
| '"Two hours", he says. I figured it was a good chance | | | | stories - a lot of people you meet are really friendly |
| to go check out the town, so I walked around a bit, | | | | and helpful. International Travel is truely one of the |
| stopped by a store and chatted up a couple of girls. | | | | greatest adventures in life. |
| This guy working in the store with the girls invites me | | | | |