It’s so relaxing, I’m spending 2 extra nights here in my semi-luxurious hotel room (Rs800/$20 per night) – sheets without stains or holes! top sheet! real towels!
Yesterday I took a hands-on cooking class (Rs500/$12.50 for 1-2 people) with my new Scottish bud Brennen
(the pic shows 4 of the 5 dishes we prepared and then ate; the chicken kurma was particularly good!).
Tomorrow morning I will take my first yoga class ever.
I’ve also been doing a lot of body surfing these past few days… though yesterday it felt like I had bruised a rib (on my right side) from 2 poundings the waves gave me the day before that… though I am a little sunburnt after today.
And eating fresh seafood every night – I counted 16 restos that had fresh fish on display for dinner along the 1.2km cliff-top walkway (there are in fact more restos than that).
Oh, and today a British couple got married on the beach, arriving on separate elephants, led by a small band (and leaving together on one elephant after the brief ceremony)
Yesterday was cloudy all day; today was sunny, though it rained in the evening (and feels even more humid!).
On Sunday I will move on to Alleppey, a town that is the gateway to the Keralan backwaters (hundreds of kilometers of canals connecting little villages).