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okay...let me continue. Just before we alighted from the train, we got to know, through a neighbour in the train, that there was a strike at our destination and that as a result, there would be NO TAXIS OR AUTOS OR BOATS(we were trying to get to an island) to take us from the train station to Vallikavu. It was some communist thingy. Well, we certainly can't be walking there, since it's a one++ hour journey by taxi and we have our baggage. We would only be able to get a taxi after 12 midnight, when we would reach at 1 in the afternoon. My mom and I were quite calm, trusting that since we were going to a holy place and that God has safely brought us so far till here, He should have a plan or something for us to get there.
Once we reached, we brought down our baggage from the train and were left in an empty, HOT(sun) platform. There were these 2 guys who approached us with an offer. They would bring us to Vallikavu, taking the risk of being caught. They only asked for S$15 for the ride, so it was cheap enough and we agreed. They brought us to a place that was quite far from the train station and we got onto the Auto. It was a bumpy ride since he was avoiding the main road all the time. But since it was a long journey, we needed to get petrol and so he had to sneak into a petrol station to get a bottle of it. I'll continue tmr.