I thought I had a good chance of being correct so I didn't bother to check. The actual capital is called Trivsahfhjsalafhankamnmddhdasvjytufmahgaritos or something like that. So excuse me for using a bit of artistic license.
I am writing this on a computer so old that the keys are probably made of ivory. The caps lock keeps getting stuck so I might start shouting halfway through. Sorry about that.
Thank you to everyone for your comments on the blog. In response to a few of them, yes I am wearing suncream every day now and I have persuaded Joe that we should fly to Delhi. Ha.
We are still in Fort Cochin because the Indians are on strike today. We are checking out tomorrow and either heading to Varkalla, which is a beach resort area, or to a sustainable bungalow thing where they teach you to cook traditional Keralan food. Then off to Delhi and into the North - the general idea is Amritsar (Golden Temple), Dharamsala (tea with the Dalai Lama), nature reserve (can't spell the name) then back to Mumbai aka hell on earth to fly to Sri Lanka.
We are looking at cutting two weeks from the trip - one week from Bali and one week from the States - because we are already fretting about money. I will let you know what we decide. I'm sure not many of you care but we need someone to pick us up from the airport.
I expect you want an update on Bob and Yvonne. Well. We avoided them for the afternoon, booked our boat trip (amazing; total silence except for the boat steerer man's phone constantly ringing (his ringtone was fur elise)), then bumped into them in the evening. They'd been doing some painting with a guy who has an art studio here. Apparently it was such a beautiful experience, man. We went for a few beers with them and it was quite nice actually but now they have gone to Goa to find some acid. So fucking cool.
Time to go and do boring admin stuff in the boiling heat.
xx
I am writing this on a computer so old that the keys are probably made of ivory. The caps lock keeps getting stuck so I might start shouting halfway through. Sorry about that.
Thank you to everyone for your comments on the blog. In response to a few of them, yes I am wearing suncream every day now and I have persuaded Joe that we should fly to Delhi. Ha.
We are still in Fort Cochin because the Indians are on strike today. We are checking out tomorrow and either heading to Varkalla, which is a beach resort area, or to a sustainable bungalow thing where they teach you to cook traditional Keralan food. Then off to Delhi and into the North - the general idea is Amritsar (Golden Temple), Dharamsala (tea with the Dalai Lama), nature reserve (can't spell the name) then back to Mumbai aka hell on earth to fly to Sri Lanka.
We are looking at cutting two weeks from the trip - one week from Bali and one week from the States - because we are already fretting about money. I will let you know what we decide. I'm sure not many of you care but we need someone to pick us up from the airport.
I expect you want an update on Bob and Yvonne. Well. We avoided them for the afternoon, booked our boat trip (amazing; total silence except for the boat steerer man's phone constantly ringing (his ringtone was fur elise)), then bumped into them in the evening. They'd been doing some painting with a guy who has an art studio here. Apparently it was such a beautiful experience, man. We went for a few beers with them and it was quite nice actually but now they have gone to Goa to find some acid. So fucking cool.
Time to go and do boring admin stuff in the boiling heat.
xx
Kate this comment has nothing to do with your travels, which do sound lovely but, I've found a website that has every single, EVERY single episode of Jonathan Creek, yeah, seriously!
ReplyDeleteSo you are in Trivsahfhjsalafhankamnmddhdasvjytufmahgaritos, how amazing! I lived there once when I was an ant. I have very fond memories of it, but I expect it has changed a bit since then. It was also a lot nearer Newcastle in those days.
ReplyDeleteLove the updates on yours & Phillip's adventures in the Raj xxx
ReplyDeleteCant wait for the next instalment! Love you both xx
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