Salam Din was too perturbed on this day of doom to think straight. He did not know how to pack his things and how to leave the city. There was no guarantee that they would find a car or even an animal cart to move out of the city. The family could not afford taking a lot of things. They just got a few bags with some clothes and two blankets. Salam Din's wife also took along with her her jewellery, of course not because she wanted to wear it, but because she wanted it to be safe, and to be handy when the family needed to sell it for money.
When they came out of their house, they found all the streets packed with people who had all set out to start evacuation of the city. All of them looked so nervous and worried. Every person, male or female, young or old was carrying something in their hands. Everyone tried to take from their homes what they could.
After reaching the nearby bus-stand, Salam Din's family found out that getting a ride was impossible. They had to walk on foot. The problem was that just a few kilometers from the city, on the way, there were no buildings and the area had only thick forestation. But Salam Din was happy that since there would be so many other people, probably the jungle wont be so dangerous for them anyways.
While they were walking they found many families who had already occupied make-shift shelters, small tents made of blankets, plastic sheets and stuff. These families had already been too tired to walk any further and had rather earlier called it a day. Salam Din's family found one shelter on the way. It was a waiting room for passengers which had never been used. The room had only three walls and a shelf about one and a half feet above the floor along all three walls serving as a bench. The family decided to stay there for the night.
Salam Din was too perturbed on this day of doom to think straight. He did not know how to pack his things and how to leave the city. There was no guarantee that they would find a car or even an animal cart to move out of the city. The family could not afford taking a lot of things. They just got a few bags with some clothes and two blankets. Salam Din's wife also took along with her her jewellery, of course not because she wanted to wear it, but because she wanted it to be safe, and to be handy when the family needed to sell it for money.
When they came out of their house, they found all the streets packed with people who had all set out to start evacuation of the city. All of them looked so nervous and worried. Every person, male or female, young or old was carrying something in their hands. Everyone tried to take from their homes what they could.
After reaching the nearby bus-stand, Salam Din's family found out that getting a ride was impossible. They had to walk on foot. The problem was that just a few kilometers from the city, on the way, there were no buildings and the area had only thick forestation. But Salam Din was happy that since there would be so many other people, probably the jungle wont be so dangerous for them anyways.
While they were walking they found many families who had already occupied make-shift shelters, small tents made of blankets, plastic sheets and stuff. These families had already been too tired to walk any further and had rather earlier called it a day. Salam Din's family found one shelter on the way. It was a waiting room for passengers which had never been used. The room had only three walls and a shelf about one and a half feet above the floor along all three walls serving as a bench. The family decided to stay there for the night.