Bang on schedule, Romil rocked up to where I was staying, at the wheel of a rather large Kia Sedona van (in the US, they’re called ‘minivans’, naturally). I admit to being a bit disappointed when I saw it, because I’d been having visions of a proper supersized Yankee pickup truck or SUV, with at least eight cylinders under the hood and a suitably raucous soundtrack to accompany them; a ‘mom mobile’ seemed like a step downwards. Upon closer inspection, though, the Sedona (which is what the Carnival is called there) revealed itself to be very spacious, extremely well put together and rather practical, in the way that the seats could be moved around in order to make room for luggage.
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