The West Trip

Early in the morning we left for Joypurhat in the west. At one point we got into a line of tructs that has hardly moved. After some waiting our driver decided to overtake the line of the trucks and buses on the left (fortunately the drivers were very organized and left quite some space free there). When we approached the front of the line, the problem there seemed to be a broken road for some 100m where cars could pass only in one line. And thus the police was controlling the traffic. We have lost some 3hours in this jam. As we passed the narrow place and continued on the road, which was full of holes, I have counted that there were 570 trucks lined in the cue in the opposite direction. The trip usually takes 4 hours. It took us 8. We have arrived at night to another school where we were to stay the night. The accommodation is usually very good as foreigners usually do get the best available.

The next day we were on the road again visitting some more schools and were to come at night to the same school. The room was very nice but at some point I realized that there are way too many mosquitoes in the room and there was no mosquito net. I tried to kill some but realized that the three metres long was is covered by some 50 mosquitoes and I have no way to kill them all. Especially since I do not like to kill them. So through sms I managed to move to my collegues room where three more guys were staying. Fortunately I got my room and the two other guys went to sleep into a living room.

I get shivers imagining what would happen if I stayed in my room and turned off the light...