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Well we've made it here safe and sound! We decided our first port of call should be Kovalm beach, catch a few rays and relax. The flight down here was long, the first plane had films and games and stuff and then we had to change planes at Doha, somewhere in the middle east, for our connecting flight to Trivandrum. Our first plane was delayed slightly so we had to run to catch our second plane, they kept calling out the 'last call' tannoy, we were panicked but we made it on.
We arrived at about 7:30am but good god it was hot! We hopped onto a little rickashaw and picked a place which was recommened in the guide book for our little driver to take us too. The roads are MENTAL, no real sense of lanes or speed and people just randomly beep there horns all the time. roundabouts and junctions were particulary classic as was stopping at the petrol station..! Anyway, our rickashaw driver just sort of dumped us by the beach and told us we had to walk the rest. Grace was not happy let me tell you,she drives a mean bargain! While we were struggling to reach our flip-flops at the bottom of all our rucksacks we met and English guy, from Norwich who used to work on Anglia T.V but now lives over here, crazy! He gave us a guided tour of where to eat and where not to eat as we walked along the beach and managed to find us this really sweet little cottage to stay in that he had rented out just before Christmas. He knew the owner so we managed to get it at a discount rate. Its perfect for us really, two little rooms, kitchen, bathroom and its like 2 mins from the sea.
This place is amazing, blue seas, blue skies and palm trees everywhere. The heat is amazing, its 6PM as i type this and the thermometer at the bottom of my screen is telling me its 37C, a little bit different from the 4C i left back in England! The culture over here is very different but so interesting to see and were all loving it already.
All my love to everyone-hope your all ok, mum- promise we're all being safe and sensible..
Leave us some messages, lots of love,
Carla.xxx
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