Veeramani Tourist Home Guruvayur

... morning to the before dawn prayer that lasts 15 minutes). I go see the local caves, which turn out to be overpriced and super crowded, much to my dismay (after climbing a mountain for an hour), so I return and try to go to the Wayanard Reservation (again overpriced). I arrive only to see it's also super crowded, so again I did not enter and after talking to the warden, he advises me to come at 6:30.

The ...

... Pothundy dam, comes the government forest, where one can see ...

... epic R*m*y*n*  h*d lived in the pl*ce *nd Sit* used to offer worship with the w*ter from * sm*ll stre*m. This is the ...

... after an hour's delay and hundreds of people disembarked, leaving piles of rubbish and dirty bedding in their wake, we were soon to find out. We squeezed ourselves onto the filthy train and were most dismayed to find that "second class" means that each person has a bunk off the main corridor but with no separate carriages, only a flimsy curtain to pull across for privacy. Not only that, but we had both been allocated an upper bunk, meaning that neither of us ...

... where...one plantation is about the size of all Sliema. Mandy can officially say that she overcome the fear of heights...after the guide literally dragged her up 1000 ft top reach the summit of Erdakkal caves. We also visited Kulvar islands and the Meenmutty waterfall. (Jesmar: I was amazed how Mandy has improved. She just kept on going even when we were on very hard paths. I guess the adrenaline made her blind!!!) Here we tried a new means ...

... Kerala food they serve. We slipped into the bedrooms for spending a memorable night in backwaters. For your safety, they park the boats at nights away from the banks. Only disappointment Almost everything was picture perfect except the water. Water is greenish in colour. This is pumped onto the boat for toilets. Once you see the algae and other floating objects in the buckets, forget about having a bath, you will not even like to wash your face ...

... the mahout reassured me that the old fellow wouldn't even notice. Reassured and I had taken no alcohol not even a medicinal toddy, I grasped his ear firmly as instructed and placed my left foot on his foot; one word from the boss and I rose gently, if not elegantly about four feet in the air. The next move was easy, just bring my right foot up and stand on his knee. There I was around seven feet up perched on my right foot on an elephant's knee. That's when I realized ...

... leopards, monkeys (of course), some cobras and big ass phytons (about 6m!) - all for 8Rs (=16cent). Also a free museum there full of random things - like japaneese swords, mixed with geological rocks and taxidermied beetles - as i said - random! The heat was killing Paula. She was finding it tough after the poo-ing day! After the second shower of the day we went wandering to town to see what was happening. Getting busy - and stalls selling all sorts of ...

You'll all be pleased to hear i am feeling back to normal! Fortunately, i was well for my flight from Chennai to Cochin. This area is full of small islands and thin peninsulas. It's still a trading port and it is quite alarming to see huge tankers going through such a thin strip of water. I'm actually staying on Fort Cochin which is the nice part and famous for the cantilevered Chinese Fishing nets. Although they don't actually catch much fish anymore and only serve as a tourist ...

... Oh least I forget we also have a lizard running about the room, although it mostly sticks to the ceiling! So we are at one with nature. The people in the house are very friendly and even picked us up from the train station last night. Speaking of trains our train was only delayed for three hours yesterday! The trains are difficult to describe but I enjoyed the experience. We are considering getting one up to Agra from Madras but may fly as the ...