Lots of Transportation.

I ended up moving on the first train to let another guy sit near his father, which worked out well. There was a guy two seats over from me, no one in between us (I had the aisle, he had the window). We were both quiet on our computers before dinner, but over dinner we started talking, his English was very good. I talked about the trip some, apparently he's a business consultant, we talked about travel, different countries, outsourcing, it was interesting. He got off before we did, so then I had some time alone to sit, we got out, our train was mostly on time, DASHED out towards the taxis into heavy rain (very sudden), Denny and Jacob got us some taxis, DASHED to the taxis in heavy rain, drove over to the other station, and actually did alright getting there on time. Our cab driver had his window open and was using a rag to wipe off the rain, which was different. We loaded up, found our seats with some effort, and got settled in. I had an upper bunk, though I sat below for much of the trip, reading. Eventually got some sleep, interestingly, our train got in over two hours late, which meant lots of extra sleep. We got out, and not two minutes after we got out of the train a heavy rain started. Apparently we bring it. Interesting too, considering the dry season and all. We met the guy from Woodstock school, got into cars, and headed up the mountain. The ride was probably a little over an hour, and our driver was a wee bit insane. I mean, these were MOUNTAINS, very winding, very steep, Vince said he was in 3rd gear almost the whole time, and he passed everything he could. One car wouldn't let us pass for the longest time and he just kept trying for it, it was crazy. I think driving at a reasonable pace, it might have taken twice as long to get here. We finally did get up to where there were some stairs and a LOT of hail on the ground, not to mention rain still pouring down. Getting up the stairs wasn't too bad, but then there was a ramp. That was more... interesting. We eventually got up that though, I'll admit a guy here helped me, got into the building, and oh thank god they have clean bathrooms and served us breakfast. I just had cereal, toast with butter and some tasty bread thing, but there was other stuff too. After that we got the schedule for the next couple days, our 6 hour hike was canceled due to weather, we got shown our dorms which are nicer than I expected, actually, albeit not heated, and then to the computer lab for the internet we've all been craving. Right now it's absolutely storming out, thunder and lightning and all. Insane.

Tuesday, February 9th, roughly 11:30-35 AM local time