Yes we are still here and despite being told off for closing doors too noisily and being given instructions on how to move sun loungers, we are well settled planning to stay longer. For the last 2 days we have started at 7 with yoga on the roof while it is still cool. Yesterday we walked to Temple Junction for breakfast overlooking the temple tank, which was atmospheric and a real reminder of the life that goes on outside of the tourist resort. Today we are having breakfast in the Ayurvedic hotel next door, sitting in the garden on the top of the cliff overlooking the sea in which we swam earlier. We have been befriended by the umbrella man on the beach, the owner of a local cafe and the postgraduate student who drives a rickshaw in the holidays. Some of these friendships are more simple and uncomplicated than others.
We have discovered, not unsurprisingly that the further away we are from the seafront then the better the food and the other well known but often forgotten fact that the dingier the facade the tastier the food. We have also discovered that it really is too hot to go the beach after about 11 in the morning and that walking anywhere in the heat makes us grumpy.
To counter this we plan to laze in the shade during the day and if we need to venture into town we have the number of Hataf our part time driver. There is another temple near by with an interesting story attached which we plan to visit and this afternoon we shall be watching the cricket in the local cafe.
We are so lazy that we might even let Mr Grumpy from the guesthouse organise a backwaters tour for us instead of getting the train, finding a boat etc etc. At this point I'm not sure Liz will have the energy to get herself to the airport to fly back.....life is good
Liz has also turned into Miranda on this trip, a much slimmer and prettier Miranda it has to be said but Miranda nevertheless. There have been several food related clumsy moments, a couple of bikini malfunctions, some bizarre head-dress incidents as well as the ritual misplacing of any essential item prior to leaving the room. Her finest moment came yesterday at the local tailor's when as well as getting a new dress made she also got a free ride on the back of a motor bike- photo follows.
We have discovered, not unsurprisingly that the further away we are from the seafront then the better the food and the other well known but often forgotten fact that the dingier the facade the tastier the food. We have also discovered that it really is too hot to go the beach after about 11 in the morning and that walking anywhere in the heat makes us grumpy.
To counter this we plan to laze in the shade during the day and if we need to venture into town we have the number of Hataf our part time driver. There is another temple near by with an interesting story attached which we plan to visit and this afternoon we shall be watching the cricket in the local cafe.
Liz has also turned into Miranda on this trip, a much slimmer and prettier Miranda it has to be said but Miranda nevertheless. There have been several food related clumsy moments, a couple of bikini malfunctions, some bizarre head-dress incidents as well as the ritual misplacing of any essential item prior to leaving the room. Her finest moment came yesterday at the local tailor's when as well as getting a new dress made she also got a free ride on the back of a motor bike- photo follows.
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