On Amtrak’s Auto Train A journey insider offers an alternate perspective
Some place upper east of Orlando, Fla., and south of the Georgia state line, Sylvia Longmire pivots their correct lower arm to uncover 15 columns of three-letter shortenings inked onto their skin. I'd initially witnessed the tattoo while people were holding on to board the Amtrak Auto Train in Sanford, about a half-hour north of Orlando off Interstate 4. Presently, a few hours after the fact, with no place to go and very little to see, they approach their for a more intensive look.
The tattoo, they clarifies, is a log of their movements written in International Standard nation code, for example, CUB for Cuba and PRY for Paraguay. They at that point diverts their look to the arm of their wheelchair, which is shrouded in little banners. The stickers speak to the countries they has visit...