Our grand tour

Moved to our friends to Ottoor, a small village near Varkala. Mainly to give our two boys the chance to spend some time with their new friends and we of course to enjoy the company of Reema and Hagen. From…

This evening we went to the capital to see a play performed by primary school children of the international school. Didn’t expect too much to be honest but it was a 3 hour performance of “Aladin” with huge stage, 2…

Not only the day temperature but the amount of mossy bites on Bill’s legs – but they don’t annoy him. “It’s all in the mind”

We wanted to go to the post office. We’ll we DID go to the post office, but surprisingly it was closed. Ah, yes, it’s a holiday. Kartika. How could everyone forget! I mean we just had to carry two big…

32 degrees during the day 29 degrees water temperature 26 degrees at night The kids can spend hours in the sea till their skin is all wrinkly.. We are still in Varkala but the days here are counted. Although we…

As it’s weekend and there’s no home schooling we decided to go for a long walk along the coast. About 7km to Kapel Beach. What a beautiful scenery, what blistering sun, what an effort. Only mad dogs and English men…

Yoga in the morning, massage before lunch and a swim in the afternoon, no sweets or cakes but chapati and fruit, and fish in the evening… That feels healthy.

Oh, massage! Eingeölt und durchgeknetet, von der Zehenspitze bis zum Kopf, hinten und vorne, ohne Ausnahme von Körperteilen… Nur ein Papiertüchlein zwischen den Beinen. Danach mit einem mit heißen Kräutern gefüllten Leinenbeutel eingerieben… Ah, ich komme morgen wieder!

Hmm, what happened today… – Bill had his first massage and hot oils – had to wait 90 minutes in a tiny room for two men to print some files for me – had enough of going to restaurants all…

32 – 29 – 26 – hours Any clue what these numbers could mean? We’re enjoying Varkala!