The long passage from Turkey to India 1.2.19 Happy 8 year anniversary of moving from the UK to Turkey to us! We had no intention of travelling afar this year but when John’s son asked to come over for a few weeks with his girlfriend, having a house sitter was just too tempting. As in…
Loving it in Kochi so far 2.2.19 First impressions – love it. It was 5.30am when we got into bed. Just in time for morning prayers at the mosque with an accompaniment of noisy crows.And monkey birds, they’re not really monkey birds but we’ve heard them all over Asia and always call them monkey birds….
More Kochi sightseeing 3.2.19 For every low there’s a high and after washing my hair with the bucket of cold water and the jug I discovered our internet package has kicked in. We don’t have to go and have a row with the nice Airtel man. Having access to timetables and Google maps makes life…
Time to explore another area of Kerala 4.2.19 Woke up this morning with fingers like sausages and think I may have been bitten on one as it’s especially large. I’ve only got drowsy making antihistamines with me so will get some others later if no better. Our neighbour started slamming her washing around at 7.30am…
A day of 2 very different halves 5.2.19 John went off for a run at 7.15am and at 9.30am we got a tuk tuk to Allepey boat jetty. I’d read about an 8 hour backwaters ferry to Kollam from a blog and it sounded like a fab way to see the backwaters. The fare is…