Kanyakumari - Friday 13 November The breakfast buffet at the GRT Regency in Madurai was one of the best I’ve ever seen - fresh pineapple juice, freshly-sliced papaya and pineapple, cereals, toast, cakes, croissants and chocolate-covered doughnuts, Indian foods of almost every type - for vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets, lots of western-style things, like chicken sausages, eggs cooked to order... You name it, they had it. Today, while I made my usual half-dozen trips to reload my plate, Lajpal decided that all this good eating was damaging his waistline and opted for just fruit juice, fresh fruit and a cup of masala chai. “I want to look like a cricket bat”, he said, “not a football!” Well, he does have to look trim in time for his marriage, although that’s probably a year to 18 months
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