Chrissie's Hotel & Cafe Thekkady

... the day I signed on the ship. The romance, the affair, the human side of me should be hidden under a heavy blanket and away from sun rays. La passion, the fountain of joy and trouble all together. What a dilemma! Stop thinking romantically can be such a easy tool to alienate one from another. What a handy tool to be left out the drama, the commotion, the madding crowd. Locked up. Emptied ...

... eyes. They were the lovely ones. Didn't spend much time here because we didn't really need to so went back to the ship about 1pm and guess where to. The Oasis bar of course. Watched the said out from Cochin and it was very pretty at night time. Indians on the wharf waving to us. The tourist season has just started there and we were the first ship of the season.<br>Thats it for now. You can send emails any time you like.<br>Love from Stephanie and Graeme.

... territory of Tamil Nadu. The particular place goes by a few different names that all refer to roughly the same place - Periyar, Kumily, and Thekkady. We checked into our hotel, were given jasmine flower necklaces and cardamom tea, and got our own little hut to stay in for the night. Being in the Western Ghats, Periyar is at a slight higher elevation that most of the other places we had been, and the temperature up here was noticeably cooler - we ...

... screaming, soaking, dancing and laughing in the rain. <br>I felt four years old again and it felt f****king fantastic.<br><br><br>Birthday Text to Sharon:- <br>&#8220;Time diff. Here so already celebrated your b.day with a few Toddy's (local coconut liquor) a bottle of white mischief (apt Vodka brand)and dancing on a car roof in the monsoon- well i had to try and forget the funeral I witnessed today............&#8221;<br><br>

... Munnar and Periyar. Apparently the government is trying to widen the road but some landowners objected, so rather than anyone repair it they are all waiting for the various legal proceedings to be concluded. The local government clearly has a few power struggles going on. As SK tells it, certain big companies have taken to building hotels etc. on forest department land using that old combination of bribery, corruption and fake permits ...

... herons, egrets, darters, kingfishers and the great Malabar grey hornbill. A cruise through the waters of Periyar lake around which the wild -life sanctuary is situated, offers a soul - stirring pleasant experience. for complete article, go to http://www.dazzlingindia.com/aboutthekk ady.html

Namaste, I've finally got the chance to make a new entry. I was having a gosh awful time with the computers here. Last night I wrote a two hour entry and lost it! India, what can one do? Amma's birthday celebration was intense, there were over One-hundred thousand people from all over India. It was quite chaotic and stressful at times. Westerners did not get darshan. Amma's body looked so worn down. She gave darshan from early afternoon on the 27th until ...

... turned out nice again!) The trip was meant to be 3+ hours. The main activity in Thekkaddy is the wildlife park. We did a boat trip sptting various wildlife ranging from Kingfisher birds to otters, wild bisson, wild boar and monkeys. The highluight was when we spotted 4 elephants swimming across the lake infront of our boat. ** WATCH THE ELEPHANTS VIDEO!!** We ...

... and you're OK. We had coffee and pakoras at a little inn overlooking the valleys. The owner was retired from the Indian civil service and opened this place to keep busy in his retirement. Imagine waking to this view every day. This evening we took a jeep safari in the forest/jungle. No elephants, but plenty of signs of recent elephants - large amounts of dung and trampled yucca. Spotted deer ...