day 91-92ish We had cunningly planned to catch the sun setting and rising over Kanyakumari - the southernmost tippy toe of India. Sadly our timing was out, and we missed sunset. Kanyakumari is, unsurprisingly perhaps, another pilgrim destination. At dawn, hundreds of black dhoti*-clad Indians were bathing themselves in the (probably auspicious) waters of the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, which swirl around the point. Creating entertainment for us, were the lads trying to strike heroic poses for the camera, whilst trying in vain not to slip off rocks. The rain clouds which rolled in, obscuring the sun's rise (utterly spoiling our cunning plan) marked the beginning of a very wet day. A couple of hours busride north, in Trivandrum (aka Thiruvananthapuram), we were drenched while on our way to lunch. The streets
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