And to update you on the geography, today we went due west to the coast.
I think it’s fair to say that today was the least inspiring of the trip so far, mainly due to Kochi not coming up to expectations so far, but more of that later.
First of all another decent sunrise.
Then a 4.5 hour 120km non-descript drive – not helped by me forgetting my iPad so had to turn back after 20 minutes which really didn’t help.
Said goodbye to Anan today. He’s driven us since the start at Chennai, so we’re on our own now. And he had a 7 hour drive home.
And so to Kochi. Didn’t help that we haven’t yet got our bearings, and have some minor worries about finding our way back. Maps are rubbish so a number of google map screen shots saved.
Although it’s grey today, it’s a bit warm. Am writing this at 10.00 and it’s 26 outside, and scheduled to stay there all night. Thanks for a/c.
But the day was redeemed by Salim and his tuk tuk. He stalked us for a while, and having told him where we were walking to for beer (above), he just happened to have dropped someone off as we walked out. So we got an impromptu tour.
Usual stuff which we will pick up tomorrow. But for some reason he included a tour of the hotel laundry.
Including a really old-fashioned charcoal iron.
Looking forward to finding out a bit more about Kochi tomorrow.