Ten hours, two buses, one breakdown, a book and a few chapters later we arrived back on the coast of Kerala. Headed to the beach and the government guest house but despite a huge number of rooms it was full, so we walked down the road to an expensive but appalling hotel nearby and left after a painful half hour of negotiating (it was a small hot room with dirty sheets and a bathroom that smelt of piss, ridiculously priced and the manager we tried talking to was a rude imbecile with complete inability to listen and respond accordingly). Part way through a long walk back into the centre we managed to get tuk-tuk, and walked around town trying to find a decent hotel. Checked into somewhere with a nice guy behind the desk and an okay room. We had a quick dinner in the hotel restaurant which was closed but the manager let us in anyway and we watched the cricket match together.
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| From Kannur, Kerala, India |
We spent the next day in bed, we went out for lunch but it was so hot we were soon back to our room to snooze. We walked out in the afternoon and got a lift to St Angelo Fort getting there just as people were getting kicked out, we had a quick walk in the grounds and then Djalma feeling the call of a dip in the sea decided that we should walk to the nearest beach. It took ages, we had to stop and ask for directions lots of times and we didn't arrive at the beach until it was well and truly dark, the sun long set. We got an ice-cream before walking back into town stopping off at bakery for muffins and coconut macaroons and decided to leave the following morning.
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| From Kannur, Kerala, India |
The accursed runs struck again and not feeling so marvellous but blocked to the gills with Loperamide we packed, showered and left getting train up the west coast to Gokarna which is a small set of beaches just south of Goa on the coast of Karnataka.
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