Westbound train
August 27th 2005 The trip begins with chaotic shoving, shouting, and jockeying for position at the ticket window. We arrive two hours after the designated time for ticket sales and wait another hour for sales to begin. Sarah is so bad-ass, telling off the pestering policeman (in Portuguese!) and holding her position against some dudes three times her size. She ends-up being handed money to buy tickets for some l
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