I think Jay was hanging half outside the railway compartment to get this shot. As a child I was always interested in the system of signs, the waving of the green flag is a sign of clearance for the train to move ahead.


The rail windows are grilled for security. But the most interesting part is the doorway....If you are tired of sitting you can just walk to the doorway and sit down here with your legs hanging outside


This was a family that was travelling with us from Goa to Bangalore. Early morning light was so interesting.

It was an interesting rail carraige (a non AC chair car) with provision only for 3 seats in a row. It was difficult for 3 people to sit together. So rainer had to move behind. The man to the right seemed like an important guy as many railway officials were making occasional visits..



The interior had an interesting quality to it.. almost industrial with the repetitive nature of everything


It was a strange sight..Rainer with a Korean t-shirt and the Indian women with sarees


This is another compact arrangement in a more traditional railway carraige for longer journeys with a side seater accomodating 2 people, an aisle and then a space almost cabin like accomodating 6 people. This is a daytime shot whereas in the night the sleeping berths get unfolded and it seems like a tight bunker bed scenario.


This shot was taken very quickly from the rail window.

We were all falling asleep and suddenly when we looked out of the train window we saw this brick kiln and a favourite passtime of children..cricket. We hurried and removed our cameras from the bag and Jay moved to the doorway and started clicking and managed to get this distorted perspective!









There were so many tunnels enroute to Goa from Mangalore..


And immediately after the tunnel we saw this incredible landscape where the river meets the Arabian sea