It's very hot today, how's it in England?

Today we are happy bears as we are having a good day and we've at last made it to an internet cafe with the right lead so we can include a picture.

The sunset cruise last night around the offshore islands of Cochin was lovely although we had to put our paws to work to help out the boat owners when they suffered a water hyancinth prop wrap. We dived down to cut the weed away and were pleased when we were rewarded with a big bottle of Kingfisher beer each.

The Kathkali dancing was amazing and we were especially fascinated by the eyebrow and eye movements of the dancers. We've tried it ourselves this morning but having heard it takes 7 years to master weren't too surprised when we struggled to master it.

This morning we were up at 4.30 a.m. to catch an early morning train back to Trivandrum. We think Indian trains are great especially when you're in an 1st class air conditioned carriage (probably the only time we'll get to travel 1st). Our picture shows us enjoying the view from the top of the seats - there was so much to see.


Our cycles awaited us when we got off the train and we had a hot peddle back to our seafront hotel at Kovalam. We have just dried off from an hour's boogie boarding in the surf of the Indian Ocean to come and write this blog entry.

Love George & Yorkie
xxxxxx