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HARASSMENT IN A NIGHT COACH
6.45pm in the evening, we took a dolmus (mini bus) to the bus terminal
of Istanbul. We were surprised to see the spacious bus terminal. The
night coach is even spacious with cozy seats than those in our country.
‘Wow, our legs can stretch straight.’ smiled at Ernie, I believe it’s
because western people is taller than us. I couldn’t believe we had
attendant serving every one of us a small cup of mineral water. This was
unexpectedly comfortable.
We were seated at the left side last 2nd row from the back. Seated
behind us was a local middle-aged man. We were the only 2 Asian girls in
this coach other than a Japanese male backpacker seated in the front.
Nearby us were some other foreigners’ backpackers. Almost half of the
passengers in the bus were locals.
We were getting ready to sleep after a tired day. The guy behind us
started his hospitality hello towards us in his own language. |
My nightmare started from his unbelievable act. For
example, he would stuff me his jacket for fear I knocked my head to the
glass while sleeping. It’s rejected by me politely. The worst was that,
he later used his hand as a shield protected my face against the glass.
This was suck!!!
It was still dark outside, awakened in annoyance, I nearly wanted to
cry. I saw Ernie was sleeping soundly. Poor me, to this state, I cared
less about my image or manners & threw his hand back to him heavily.
Relieved, when I saw he alighted a stop before us.
CAVE ROOM
This is our 3rd day in Turkey when we reached Cappadocia. The wonderful
rock formation seen from the coach in the sunrise prompted me to explore
this amazing place at once. I didn’t have a good mood due to lack of
sleep. What’s worse was our accommodation. |
