Tuesday, 19 February 2008

9th Feb - Varkala

Ahhhhh sleep in (tho really kinda feel like a SOFT bed would be nice round about now...) and breaky in our new fav cafe (on account of te pakora of coruse) and off down to the beach for some sun and surf. sand was burning hot so den got us a nice umbrella. sea was calling, so jumped in and did more exercise than we were barginning for...those were some big waves! Life guard on duty...but seems they have more of a “preventative” method than lifegaurds we are used too...which means blowing on whistles when swimmers get beyond their hips and waving big red flags...so we soon found THAT out. apparently the big surf and MASSIE undertow was a result of a small erth quake and tsunami in indonesia??? so perhaps they were more vigilant than normal...tho think it is quite a military operation. not really surprised for communist kerala. Anyways spent a few lovely hours chilling out in our tiny spot of shade, taking small life threatning dips when it got too hot.
Headed back when it was a bit too much and discovered we were a tad sunburnt...was grateful for our cold shower. Den was a bit like PO teletubby...the red one...
Headed to the funky art cafe for dinner and got 2 fish in banana leaves, on was with coconut milk and kerala spices, which was devine. The other was with green curry and tasted LOVELY...but so hot it brought tears to my eyes! had to declare myself defeated over that one! an ice cool kingfisher on hand at least :P
watched a “bollywood dancing” which turned out to be a troop of local kids from a dancing school. some of them were just soooo cute and there were a couple who were really talented, so we had a good time watching them. So cute!

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