Blogs from Trichur, Kerala, India, Asia

Maybe it was the slug on the bathroom floor. Or perhaps it was the dog with no name. Whichever, I’m quite sure now I’m in India. “That’s terrible!” I cried to the dog’s master, Mr. V, who was taking me around his small village of Painkulam in Kerala. She was so faithful, protecting him from danger (he said HE was protecting HER, but I know better.) She wanted pets and came to me to say hello, but he chastised her, saying, “no touch.” I longed to pet her brown head with sleepy eyes, but Mr. V was now protecting me from dog with no name. He introduced me to half a dozen people in the village—all very friendly and curious about my presence here. I met one 86-year-old grandma as she sat on her porch, reciting ... read more

Hello everyone! Glad to hear from so many of you, its great to hear that you are all enjoying the blog so much, we will try and update it as much as possible but sometimes its hard to find internet cafes. Since leaving Kanniyakumari we headed to Kovalum only a hour or so away, Kovalam is a beach resort which is extremely touristic, it has been hit big time by the package holiday crew and is full of middle age whites from england. The actual place is nice with four beautiful beaches, it just gets a bit much with all the touts! especially the fruit sellers on the beach "hello pineapple...mango...papaya.......coconut!", but it was our first taste of beach life so we enjoyed it staying three nights as we manged to blag our way into a ... read more

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