Dispatches from Kanyakumari, India
Arrived by Bus on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 3:00pm local time
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Kanyakumari; In which it is a bit hot, but we discover that it can always be worse; Our Lady of Ransom and her captive automobile; Excitingly nautical undertakings witnessed; A visit to Vivekananda and Thiruvalluvar; I discover that I am a bad judge of character; Meeting the spacemen
It was a long, ugly night full of creepy-crawly feelings, and I slept badly. I woke early and was showered before Sheryl was awake, which is quite rare for me. The mosquitoes were unexpectedly civilized and the bedbugs never did make an appearance - or possibly the repellent that we'd…
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Madurai to Kanyakumari; Three oceans, two buses and one bad, bad hotel
There wasn't a chance we'd make it to the Gandhi Museum in Madurai - the time was just too tight. It opened at nine, but Sheryl had to pick up her new dress at ten. Bringing our packs to the museum wasn't an option, and since it was all the…
