Alleppey

From Amma’s we headed to Alleppey to meet up with Lucia and her sister for a house boat tour… The South of India was proving to be a real break from the hustle and bustle of the North. The boat trip was total relaxation. We had everything taken care of and didn’t need to think about food or transportation.

Think about the size of an insect, for you to be able to see it in the dark! Then think about its size when he sees you, and try’s to run away – and you HEAR him running. Now picture this insect as a cockroach that is in your room on a house boat! I had just walked out of the bathroom, and turned off the light, when I saw a dark spot on the wall. For fear of spreading roach eggs everywhere (when you crush them) or worse a surprise attack later on in the evening, I let him to his business. But that wasn’t the macho story that I gave the ladies...

After the boat trip we hung out in Alleppey. It was so hot, that when we stumbled across a movie theatre we went in to avoid the heat. They were showing “Ghost Rider” a movie that fit the bill; English, simple to follow, and some mind numbing action. For a while it felt like being back home, getting into the movie but there were some subtle differences, take for example the ear drum bursting volume of the sound system. Like a teenaged kid borrowing his parents car, it was way to loud for the quality of the system… Then there were the shrieks from the boys in the audience when ever the sexy actress would come on screen, man these kids need some serious sexual tension built up. But the clincher, was seeing the rats scurrying between the aisles every 20 minutes or so. “Yup, defiantly still in India” I thought. But seriously, those poor rats they couldn’t find a seat that fit them, the whole movie they were running around trying to find a seat where they could see.