Trickett's India 2009: KOVALAM

Thursday, 19 February 2009

KOVALAM - OUR FIRST STOP

There are always plenty of kids with attitude in India. These 'posers' were at the Trivandrum Palace. The fishermen were hauling in the days catch on our local beach in Kovalam. They sang as they hauled. Hard work for them - but very entertaining for us!

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Another year - another visit to India! We are delighted to be here, away from cold, recessed, London. We had a very good flight to Mumbai, using the last of our airmiles to fly upper class Virgin. If only all airport lounges were as good as Virgin's. The only down side was that we were charged excess baggage on the way out, for Gods sake! She said she only charged half what she could have charged - and warned us that all our internal flights would charge in these troubled times! Fortunately our connecting Jet Airways flight to Kochi was as good as ever - and didn't charge us anything!

Babish, our wonderful driver from two years ago, met us at Kochi airport, with flowers and a big smile. He then drove us to Kovalam, which is under 200 kilometers and took six hours! What a nightmare! But it was lovely while it was light, to see the Keralan countryside and to recognise places we had been to before. We even passed Luxmi's house, which seems to have been painted bright orange! Driving in the dark was much more scary and even slower. We finally arrived at The Taj Green Cove to a wonderful reception from Sam the duty manager we found so good last year. Just in time for a delicious curry and then bed in the same room as last time. Bliss!