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Here is a startled birthday boy opening up a present last Friday morning. Trains were what he wanted, and trains were what he got!

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yamini said…
Congratulations Henry for receiving a train as birthday gift!!!!
Now you dont have to wait for a plane ticket to come to India :-))
Roddy said…
Stunning picture of the BIG boy.
Kris McCracken said…
Yamini, I regret to say that we don't have passenger trains here in Tasmania.
Roddy said…
Kris, we do have passenger trains! Unfortunately, they are all in museums. Perhaps now that the government has bought the rail system back we may once again see passenger travel.
yamini said…
You dont have TRAINS in Tasmania!!!
How is that possible??
Do you realise what you are missing out on?

Kindly forgive my outburst but I was just hoping to receive Henry some day soon at the New Delhi Railway Station to take him home and feed him lots and lots of Kashmiri dishes.

I guess, I'll have to be at the airport after all. :-(
Kris McCracken said…
Someone stole our trains.

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