Sick in Karachi

I had some kind of a far eastern flu sickness. We were sent to Madras by train from Karachi. And, in our case, we had - instead of just going from Karachi to Bombay, we had to go way up north. I think it was Lucknow. We went through Lucknow, and around the mountain on the train. It took five days for us to get to Madras and we were in passengers, but we were in third class passenger seats which were hardwood boards/slats. They were about one inch square, one inch by two inch, and that’s where we slept too, on those boards. To use a bathroom you went into a stall, it was in this car that we were on. You went into a stall, and there were things for your feet to stand on and there was a hole about that round so that you could see the track below. Whether you had to urinate or have a bowel movement, you had to try to hit that hole. And for five days, it’s quite an experience.