All the way down

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Well we've made it all the way to the very Southern tip of India now and have begun the early stages of our long leg back up the West coat. We enjoyed Tamil Nadu with it's rickety buses, huge temples and the chance to get up Kodaikanal, a hill station with cool, clean air and a beautiful lake.
It felt good to reach the bottom of India a full 1487 as the crow flies from Darjeeling, our most northerly point so far. The southern point is marked with a huge statue and memorial on two separate island and it was fun to go out on the ageing and rolling ferry where you could see 270 degrees of ocean.
We've now crossed into Kerala where the scenery turned bright green the undergrowth is like the jungle book and the people are just a little bit more chilled out. It's too hot, very sweaty in the city but we're leaving the capital (Trivandum) and heading for the coast tomorrow so there should be some welcome sea breezes, after that we'll continue north where it's still another 1500 miles back up to Delhi!
Love to all, C&A x

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Photos

Welcome home
The five star Hilton in Madurai

The very end of India
Kanayakumari where the oceans come together

How it feels to be papped
Everywhere we go, everyday we have create a media furore. We're like Katie Price and Peter Andre basically.

Ferry panic
Ferry out to the island off the southern tip of India, much jostling for position and general panic

Thali time
South Indian meal for around 55 pence

Back on the trains
Haven't been on a train for weeks, nice to be back

Welcome to Kerala
Where everything is green

Indian coffee house
India's chain of slightly eccentric coffee places

Kovalam beach
Yeah, i went swimming in my pants

Comments

[chris]

done
ive been up that lighthouse!!!!!!!! nice pins.

[kate townend]

looking sexy on the beach chris!! good to see you both looking less ill compared with last time. its good to see and hear all about your adventure. missing you lots. love katus xxxxxx