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OK now it is the 7th and we are in Cochin Kerela ..the start of our 7 day GAP Adventures tour
So glad we 'missed Mumbai'...although it would have been fantastic to experience ..the culture shock I know would be huge ...the taxi trip to the airport in the morning of the 2nd alone was amazing......baskets of fish being sold off the street , with dog helping itself, shanty slums on every street corner, babies being washed from a jug on the street and beautiful women in Sahries walking peacefully through the mayhem of two lane traffic, with four lanes of cars jostling and tooting for position.......the airport was a sanctuary!
Sorry got carried away supposed to be post Goa...I hope the last blog entry went...you may have gathered that I'm not set up for photos yet ..but got some good ones (Bobs camera)...in fact I'm only getting a wee shot of the hotels computer ..as they don't have a cafe or wyfi...so cant be too long
Took the sleeper train from Goa to Cochin ...14 hours ..well in would have been if we hadn't gone 2 hours beyond our stop..got a taxi back ...12 quid...same as train ticket
We travelled 'Indian class' ...my god .....good experience but don't want to rush to repeat....hot hot hot , cockroaches ...bob squashed one in his shirt during the night and laughed as one ran around the wall behind my head!
our pillows were great ..and have been used all the time..with a little lavender oil ...I hope that is a disinfectant after last night
..and noisy women ...shouting to speak to each other ...starting at 6 in the morning...and constant ...and venders ...everyting ..breakfast ....drinks bajis, sweeties, lottery tickets, toys ...chai chai chai cofee coffee coffee..barbera barbera barbera...no not raincoats swee donut things...we had a banana and an orange!...and beggars..usually deformed people or women with children going up the train asking for money ...very harrowing...that why I'm glad we didn't go to Mumbai first ...it would have been a very harsh start for us. Goa was just perfect.
So now we are in a lovely clean hotel, scrubbed up and ready to start our trip ...river boats, canals, elephants, tigers, spice plantation and clifftop beach...can you get a beach on a clifftop?
I wont be able to update again for a while ..not easy ..or at least so far don't have the time..or easy access to the net ...but will do at some points later....I am receiving texts ..no charge for me ..your normal charge..
lots and lots of love to everybody
Mum and Dad .....texting is fine but so is the blog ...if you e-mail ..its not public!...can you give my Mum an update of all this pleaSER ..THANKS
LOVE LOVE LOVE hEATHER AND bOBXX
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caroline and barry lovely to hear all this H+B, rain may stop soon here, starting christmas cards, could imagine your train, tigers have bigger claws than Bonnie, elephants will never forget you, river boats have lovely toilets i've heard, xxxx
Mum & Dad OK for you lot, but I've just found the Blog !!I thought I'd made it when I managed to text on the mobile ! Sounds great, we're exhausted already and the adventure has only just begun. &Xs