印囧之火车站的偶遇

老天是公平的,虽然在德里的火车站让俺彻底领教了什么叫“团团转”,但同样也让我偶遇了一把,

本来我是打算自驾的,可到了Avis 取车的时候,他们居然要国际驾照(international driving permit)。我顿时傻眼了,我有一张美帝的驾照,在世界几十个国家租车从来也没有被要求那玩意,其实那个IDP实际上就是一个翻译件,是把在联合国道路公约成员国的非罗马字符的驾照翻译成5种文字,在某些国家临时驾驶使用。 而一般驾照为罗马字符的在另一个罗马字符的国家开车,从来也不需要这个IDP. 印度是英文国家呀,怎么就要这破玩意儿了呢?好说歹说,磨破嘴皮,没辙,这是LAW。唯一的选择就是加个司机,可要等3个多小时司机才上班呢,实在不想等了。

The image shows the Taj Mahal, a famous white marble mausoleum located in Agra, India. The structure features a large central dome flanked by four minarets, with intricate architectural details and patterns. The foreground includes branches and leaves, framing the view of the monument. The sky is clear, and the lighting suggests it is either early morning or late afternoon.

提车未遂,只好火车,可这么多年我飞机+自驾的旅行方式,实际上已经和骗子们基本绝缘了,早已忘记了骗子的模样。在去火车站的出租车上,我拨通了远在祖国的几个紧急求助电话。可是周日坑人呀,国内的兄弟们都在被窝里呢。就这样,我带着朦胧睡意两眼一抹黑的来到了传说中的德里火车站,仅仅凭着所谓的听说“这里外国人有专门售票处”

买票,哪里买票?这是我的第一个问题。

“请问火车站有外国人专用卖票点,在哪里呀?”看到了个Current reservation 窗口就问。

里面一老大爷懒洋洋的指指天花板,一句话也不说。此时,边上传来了流利英文: “先生,您要去哪里呀?”

“AGRA” 听见英文的我可激动了。

“去AGRA呀,晚了,车都开走了,下一班是下午的了,现在你要打车去XXX处买票,然后去20公里外XXX处赶火车,打车要打政府车。”然后把我带到了“政府出租车”上。

我TM居然全信了,就这样的被拉走了。

上车开了大约10分钟,我脑海中想起来朋友说的德里到泰姬陵火车多的数不清,而车子在某售票处门前停留下来,此时的我清醒了,知道被骗了,叫出租司机回到火车站,扔给他100卢比,回火车站继续奋战。

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此时,在火车站,我看到了一张东亚面孔,这比看到娘还兴奋,终于有个“外国人“了,问她总可以吧。

“请问火车站有外国人专用卖票点,在哪里呀?”

“我也在找呢。。。。。。”

看来,傻子不止我一个,好吧,一起开找吧。

“先生,你们刚才没过安检。”又一个会说英文的大叔出现了。边说边叫我们走到安检门外问我们要去哪里。

“我要去AGRA,请问火车站有外国人专用卖票点,在哪里呀?”这是我来到火车站1个小时之后,第三次的问出了这个问题。

“去AGRA呀,这票要去马路对面买。”边说边要帮着我拎箱子。

就在此时,哥们我的祖国求助电话终于拨通一个,电话那头传来了:“刘总,外国人买票的在2楼,在2楼。”

我抄起箱子就上楼,骗子2号就这样离我们而去了。

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上了2楼,这是站台呀,都走到底了,还是没看到呀,又沿着原路走回来,此时骗子3号大叔出现了。这大叔上来就给我们掏出工作证,这回我们是彻底不信了。Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me, 这都TM第三次,我有那么二吗?

后来在一个真的不是骗子的女性帮助下,我们终于找到了给外国人卖票的售票处,此时,据我抵达德里火车站已经2个小时了。

可这里只能买4个小时以后的火车票,要想买更早的票,去楼下的”current reservation”窗口。我靠,我折腾了2个小时,最后回到了我第一次问询的窗口。这个4号窗口把我踢到2号窗口,然后再踢到3号窗口,最后的结论就是,都没票了。。。。。。。

这时再一看表,Avis的司机们都上班了,打个车再回到Avis,以我原来租车的价格每天加800卢比雇了个司机开车去泰姬陵了。

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而火车站偶遇的她嘛,由于赶巧也去泰姬陵,我就把她捡上了, 一路很欢乐,以下省略2万字。。。。。
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