you get what you pay for

I left the heaving hippie cauldron of Pushkar yesterday afternoon for the magic of Udaipur, a 6-hour train ride away. It will never cease to amaze me, how Indian trains or buses always seem to arrive 1-2 hours late, despite actually leaving on time. It is a train for godness sake, how can it possibly be that late, EVERY time??!
"Well, how much did you pay for that train ride", quizzed Anwar, my host at the Kumbha Palace hotel who picked me up from the train staton.
"350 rupees"
"And how far would you be able to travel for that price in your own country?", he continued with a spark in his eyes.
"Hm, maybe 10 minutes? But we don't have cockroaches in the toilets!", I exclaimed.
"So what do you expect for that price?! Elephants?! Be glad that you got cockroaches and 6 hours of entertainment that cheaply!"

I can't argue with that...