6th October 2010

well tiring and wet is the word but we are fine and in trivandum after a 16 hour train ride which toilets aside was actually quite good. Slept well and woke to the tea seller coming onto the train around 9 with hot sugary tea. Trivandrum is wet with the rains still here at the moment and as such not the best time but we managed to get to the museum which was amazing just for the building itself and a lot cleaner than Pondicherry which was quite frankly filthly! Pondi was goo thoughand we managed to do quite a lot including some descent shopping! The Ayuvedic doctor we saw was interesting and good although a little too involved in his own ego and looked very like little richard! We half expected a quick rendition of great balls of fire! Anyway where Pondi was dirty outside and the guesthouse spotless in Trivandrum it is clean outside and the guest house is well very dirty! So we are going to head to Kovalam tomorrow and the seaside hoping for some sun rays in between the deluges. All is well - I'm missing my girls a little and Christian but all said we are all three fine. The food is amazing and we are enjoying the fact that very few places sell meat! Veggie heaven. Off to bed now so until the next time....in K0valam or Varkala