Bamboo Train Ride

Want to go for a ride into the country on a train?

Here is a picture of a 10 horsepower gas engine. Looks like a lawn mower engine. We rode out in the country for about 2 hours and back. We saw a lot of country without the big city atmosphere. We saw very little wild life. No deer, squirels, rabbits, wild turkeys, etc. We did see several very interesting birds, that we had not seen in the city. There are elephants, tigers and bears in the country, but they are very isolated areas. We had a very enjoyable trip together and really enjoyed the fellowship.

We found that the train was two axels covered with a platform made of bamboo.

There were about 12 of us senior missionaries, two of our drivers and the lady who sits on the front of the platform to shoo off the cows and people and cars off the track as we drive along.

If you meet another train coming at you, it is a matter of the train with the most people on board staying put and the lesser number train lifts the bed off, the axels and the other train passes, and then the trip continues for both trains.

Mom is looking happy and glad to be away from the busy schedule that we keep. The railway track was essentially abandoned, with only a tourism traffic.

We traveled through many fields, with raised borders and ankle deep water. The rice seedlings are just being planted and soon will be a beautiful green color.

On either side of the track were fields that will be planted in rice soon. Some water had been retained from the rain we have had this month.

Note the rice paddies on both sides of the tracks.