These were added in place in the original posts as italicized updates, but I’m putting them here for those of you reading regularly:
Kanyakumari: I forgot to mention that at the memorial there is a darkened meditation room with a glowing Om symbol and a recorded Om sound that plays every 30 seconds or soo. Very relaxing.
Alleppey: I forgot to mention that on the train was also a 22 year old Finnish girl who had just married a local Indian boy in Varkala!
brief Alleppey and Fort Cochin posts: I added one photo to each of these posts (one has an elderly woman and grandchild, the other has the trio from Hong Kong), so scroll down or click on “Older posts”!