Madgaon

635am 26.8.8
Madgaon

So madgaon sounds more like mad-cow-in than mauhd-go-an, except it has a g instead of a c.


(what’s the plural of Ox? Oxen. What’s the plural of Box?)

And that is where I am. In Madgoan, Goa. I thought Goa was a city. But apparently not. Its province that's actually somewhat large.

I'm waiting for my train,which is late. Unsual from my experience, but maybe he said 830 and not 630... Who knows.

trains here are remarkably on time... I travelled 38 hours and was right on time, if not a few minutes early. Amtrak... Would be at least 24 hours late on average.

Oh how i appreciate train schedules that are actually real. Even if i had to be on a train for 38 hours, at least i expected it.

On the train i was invited to come to a school in M.P., one of the provinces. And the guy even offered me the use of a car. I'll look into it more, though i suspect i may have to visit on my next trip.

The trip wasnt so bad...i met an italian girl and hungarian guy who, with a few friends are organising english book donations to india. A problem they've run into is finding schools with high enough literacy levels to actually utilise the books. As it appears that many poor schools where you'd like to donate books are so illiterate, that the books would end up as ornaments.

Strange hurdles appear anytime you try to do good.

Well, I'm excited to meet one of my heroes. St. Francis xavier was an extraordinary man who sought above all to follow the inspirations of the holy spirit. Which is likewise some thing I am trying to do better.

well it seems the train is arriving 30 minutes late. And I've got to go pee. 659am


(view on my train that arrived late… note the guy in the racks)