Hell:
Hot! Hoooooot! Did I mention it's hot?
Just as I write this Kirsty is exclaiming the same thing, which proves it is true. If Miss Bikram yoga is hot...imagine how Wales feels.
We are in Cochin. A city is never the best place to be hot is it? In the middle of a grumpy day yesterday a moment of happiness appeared before us in the form of Cafe Coffee Day. An oasis of air-con and iced coffee in the middle of sunstroke and dust.
Are we bad travellers? Is our delight in India's biggest coffee chain a weakness? I don't even care. The street may offer me a coconut or fresh pineapple, but CCD has chocolate ice cream sundae.
What we really need is a dip in the sea. That will have to wait until we move on tomorrow though. Off to dramatic cliffs rising from sandy white beaches for a couple of days. Kirsty needs to get some last minute tanning in. I will read and wear my hat.
There is also sea here. Stinks though. And at the shore it looks a bit like when you skim fat off a roast. There is a tide line of plastic bottles, odd abandoned flipflops and crisp packets.
Yet, in cosy embraces, couples line the sea front and gaze out at the factories and freight ships. Sooooo romantic.
Wifey and I joined them briefly, complaining about our (my) headache, and refusing to have our photo taken by random groups of men.
Look at me! I'm sweaty and sunburnt...why do you want my picture?! India makes us so attractive.
We had, however, just had facials so we were positively glowing with cleanliness. Ahhh..my life is hard work ;)
Paradise:
We did not end up on the beach. Fate declared that there were no lodgings to be had in Varkala. Instead I add this footnote just outside Kollam, from our palm shaded, hammock littered, sun- dappled Paradise of a garden, overlooking the breezy backwaters of Kerala.
Today I did nothing move than finish Midnight' s Children whilst moving from seat, to hammock, to the end of a tiny jetty. A jetty that will lead us to a final treat of a houseboat trip to complete our stay in India.
There is nothing much else to tell you so far...I just wanted to rub it in :D
Hot! Hoooooot! Did I mention it's hot?
Just as I write this Kirsty is exclaiming the same thing, which proves it is true. If Miss Bikram yoga is hot...imagine how Wales feels.
We are in Cochin. A city is never the best place to be hot is it? In the middle of a grumpy day yesterday a moment of happiness appeared before us in the form of Cafe Coffee Day. An oasis of air-con and iced coffee in the middle of sunstroke and dust.
Are we bad travellers? Is our delight in India's biggest coffee chain a weakness? I don't even care. The street may offer me a coconut or fresh pineapple, but CCD has chocolate ice cream sundae.
What we really need is a dip in the sea. That will have to wait until we move on tomorrow though. Off to dramatic cliffs rising from sandy white beaches for a couple of days. Kirsty needs to get some last minute tanning in. I will read and wear my hat.
There is also sea here. Stinks though. And at the shore it looks a bit like when you skim fat off a roast. There is a tide line of plastic bottles, odd abandoned flipflops and crisp packets.
Yet, in cosy embraces, couples line the sea front and gaze out at the factories and freight ships. Sooooo romantic.
Wifey and I joined them briefly, complaining about our (my) headache, and refusing to have our photo taken by random groups of men.
Look at me! I'm sweaty and sunburnt...why do you want my picture?! India makes us so attractive.
We had, however, just had facials so we were positively glowing with cleanliness. Ahhh..my life is hard work ;)
Paradise:
We did not end up on the beach. Fate declared that there were no lodgings to be had in Varkala. Instead I add this footnote just outside Kollam, from our palm shaded, hammock littered, sun- dappled Paradise of a garden, overlooking the breezy backwaters of Kerala.
Today I did nothing move than finish Midnight' s Children whilst moving from seat, to hammock, to the end of a tiny jetty. A jetty that will lead us to a final treat of a houseboat trip to complete our stay in India.
There is nothing much else to tell you so far...I just wanted to rub it in :D
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