{"id":257,"date":"2017-08-03T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T10:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/?p=257"},"modified":"2017-08-06T17:28:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T16:28:45","slug":"photos-sleeper-class-isnt-so-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/03\/photos-sleeper-class-isnt-so-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Sleeper class isn’t so bad"},"content":{"rendered":"

In all the train trips we’ve ever done, none have been in Sleeper Class, which is the first class down from carriages with air-con. Sleeper class is a slightly misleading term as it’s perfectly fine for using solely for day time travel which is what we did.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t actually possible to book from Kanyakumari to Trivandrum as the distance is short at around 100km, so I had to book up to Kochi, which at 310km is three times the distance. Total cost for the trip up to Kochi was \u00c2\u00a39 for all three. NINE!<\/p>\n

Let’s let the photos do the talking…<\/p>\n

Obligatory selfie, each carrying 9-13 kilos on our backs and 3-5 on our fronts:
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We were in carriage S10, i.e. the 10th Sleeper Class carriage, it was the 12th out of 23 carriages, so it was a long walk in the searing heat along the platform:
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There’s no air-con in Sleeper Class but the lack of windows means there is air con.
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As well as the open windows there’s lots of fans:
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Amy and Kev doing the standard let’s-look-through-the-open-door-as-we’re-hurtling-along thing:
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Kev, going one stage further
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