It’s not just beautiful landscapes passing by the windows. It is also:

– the constant noise of cars and people moving;
– the dirt on your clothes, on your skin, in your hair;
– your bags on the ground, the ground where you sit and wait;
– your fingers, shoulders, neck and back sore from carrying;
– trying to make some app work to buy a ticket;
– half your bag filled with dirty laundry;
– a seventh hole opening up in the sweater you just mended yesterday;
– chafed, sore, swollen feet, and
– trying to find the right place at the right time for the next bus, with the latest good-bye still fresh in your heart.

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(This story told in pictures.)