He stops at a roadside market for beer.

I had not yet joined the throng of travellers on the path of Life, but was a mere spectator from my roadside window.

As they turned around the corner of the road, which seemed like a mountain to them, they found a little shade, where they rested.

A long trip like mine — timewise, I mean — requires a lot of distance to make the whole experience rise above standing on the roadside.

The woman says she is scared of snakes, but her son once saw her pick up a large snake and move it off the road.