Cobra, Basudha

An hour after arriving at Basudha we were greeted by this cobra.  We sat down in the dark in front of the house on the small farm after an incredibly difficult day travelling from Kolkata to the middle of nowhere.  We had to jump onto the moving train at the station, no ticket.  Then we hopped from car to car hoping to find a seat.  In the process we made our host, Dr. Deb, holding the cobra, angry after misunderstanding his instructions to meet him at his.  Another bus and a taxi later we arrived Basudha, a farm where we thought we'd come to be put to work for a week.  Anyway, sitting in the dark, unsure we were welcome, flashlights were recommended in case our path may be blocked by poisonous insects or spiders.  Minutes later the cobra showed up in a small shed behind the house.  The commotion around us was a mystery until we were summoned and told to bring our camera.  Dr. Deb had already caught the thing and milked it of it's venom.  He managed to get it into the clay pot and released it in the forest.
     We never paid for a train ticket and the conductor let us off without a fine.
     We didn't do any work on the farm,  there was none for us to do.
     We were welcome.