After Sherin Cottage and Shiva garden trying to entrepreneur rupees from me over the 10% deposit i'd paid i say goodbye and good riddance to the Americans, Germans and English of Varkala and get a tuk-tuk to the station. The grunting metal monster of a train rolls in as soon as i arrive and i board. There's no-where to sit, and only a few spaces to stand: next to the non-existent door! You really feel like you're travelling when crammed into a train, half-pushed out while it noisily clacks along. Love it. No more tourists or people trying to sell you trinkets, just genuine locals who stare, but smile if you smile at them. This is only a 50 minute journey along the stunning palm-lined steamy backwaters of Kerala. As the train pulls into the station i'm squeezed off before the train even comes to a halt. Imagine this happening on the 7:30pm London to Bristol!?
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I love the sound of the mountains. The seaside is great but just full up of people all the time. Hope you manage to find somewhere you can relax for a while and do your photos. Love and hugs mom
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