Cochin to Kovalam!

We left Cochin in the next morning yesterday to get a train to Alleppey, from where we got a boat through the back waters of Kerala to Kottayam! The boat was fantastic, most tourists take the really expensive rice boats (the famous ones you see on tv), but we got the local ferry for 15p each and it went twice as fast! I know its silly to say, but it looks just like it does on tv, after seeing it so many times it was great to finally witness them! Once we arrived in Kottayam, we had 5 hours before our train that evening, so we got a Rickshaw into town and sat and watched the world go by! Our train took us to Thiruvananthapuram (wow long place name...thanks chris!) where we arrived too late to get a bus, so we got another rickshaw to the local seaside town of Kovalam, which is where we are staying for the next 3 days!

Its really pretty here, there is nothing to do apart from sit on the beaches and watch the world go by! We spent most of this afternoon sitting on the beach, in a tiny piece of shade we managed to find, and tried to chill out a bit after a hectic week. Tomorrow we intend to do pretty much the same again, it's far to hot to do anything more strenuous anyway! We leave on Tuesday for Kanyakumari at the very bottom tip of india, then we will head back up to Chennai.

Hope everybody is well!
love Chris and Alex xx