I did, as expected, get stuck in Varkala in my room wiht the sea view.. but when I finally escaped the timing turned out to be perfect as a couple of days down the 'kerala traveller route' (I thought i was being clever but the lonely planet subliminally forces everyone to travel in the same direction - its spooky) I found my self in the big pink sky scraper ashram of Amma 'the hugging mother', with a lot of lovely people including a mad giggling kiwi (Angela), a big hairy german (Matteus) and the legend from jersey that is Josephione Gare.. We all stuck together on and off for the next week or so, slashing hotel room and rickshaw prices to the floor with our bargaining genius. Method: set a ridiculously low price, stick to it,
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