We are still recovering from the fact that Kerala is so different to Rajasthan. Beef is widely eaten (so we were told), and 35% of the population is christian, mainly Roman Catholic. We saw so many churches and statues that we could have been in Rome. There was no on-coming traffic on the roads last night, but we will see what today brings.
Our hotel is lovely and spacious. Breakfast was a dilemma between western breakfasts (vegetarian) and dosa and idli. We had both. The tour begins in earnest this afternoon.
Some piccies from our walk this morning.
Hotel menu - we found out tonight that it is a Keralan favourite. Anything can get stuffed. Not just the racing industry.
Even with all those colonial connotations, KM had a go at the "punka". (Cloth fans moved by hand) It reminded him of bell-ringing! I had read about them but never actually seen them before. Mechanical fans had been installed.
And saw this. I assume chat (or chaat) is street food.
And for those of us old enough to remember Longreach many years ago. This is where the goats went.
Our hotel is lovely and spacious. Breakfast was a dilemma between western breakfasts (vegetarian) and dosa and idli. We had both. The tour begins in earnest this afternoon.
Some piccies from our walk this morning.
Hotel menu - we found out tonight that it is a Keralan favourite. Anything can get stuffed. Not just the racing industry.
Even with all those colonial connotations, KM had a go at the "punka". (Cloth fans moved by hand) It reminded him of bell-ringing! I had read about them but never actually seen them before. Mechanical fans had been installed.
And saw this. I assume chat (or chaat) is street food.
And for those of us old enough to remember Longreach many years ago. This is where the goats went.
