21/02/2012

Today was a day of relaxation and planning of our onwards trip.
We got up at 8:00, showered and had our breakfast with Mark, Jane & Amelie, their last here as they're going to Alleppey on an overnight stay on a houseboat.
After saying goodbye to them we sat down and started planning our overall trip and we now think we have a globe strokes plan for the rest of India, in particular the north as we have had a pretty good idea about the South for a while.
Then we had a lunch, a light one for me with mostly fruit while Claire was tucking in to a full Indian.
Afterwards we booked trains and and accommodation down to the bottom of India where the 3 seas meet (Kanyakumarai) and then up to Villuparam, 40km away from Pondicherry.
This took much longer than anticipated as Internet connectivity and web sites were playing up and we didn't finish our bookings until just before dinner.
At dinner we had vegetarian food, consisting of chappatis and dal as well as some fresh sliced vegetables.
Then we retired to the room and watched a couple of Burn Notice before sleep.