Last night I had a hot shower. It was 30 degrees outside, I had spent the day with sweat dripping down my back, but it was the first time I've had the chance of hot water in a month and it was lovely.
We've now been in India for a bit over a week, and it's been great. We were going to check out of our bamboo hut in Varkala (South Kerala) twice before we actually managed to - the long, lazy days and evenings were very difficult to drag ourselves away from. So, after a final evening dirnking beer out of mugs, making sure the bottles were safely hidden away from police eyes (nowhere has a license, everywhere has it's own unique way around this) we made our way North to Kollum. Here, we hit the hustle and bustle of a busy town and spent a long afternoon being shown around houseboats that we couldn't afford to rent. We took a canoe boat tour through the backwaters of Kerala - a maze of waterways connecting village after village. Here we saw a lot of water snakes and Kites (birds, not toys!) as well as local village life as we made our showly and peacefully htrough the waters. That was pretty much it for Kollum, so today we headed North again to Cochin. After a confusing time at the train station we finally made it to the right train, and (after a telling off from the ticket inspector) to the right seat. At least it was good practise for the 3 long distance trains we have now booked - Here to Goa, Goa to Mumbai and Mumbai to Delhi.
So, after a ferry ride we are now in Fort Cochin, a lovely peaceful feeling town where we have arranged to have a Keralan cooking class tomorrow evening (followed by eating the results...) and plan to spend the day sightseeing around the island. Monday takes us to Goa, ith a week of yoga (and maybe the odd massage afterwards...)
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