After breakfast we made our way over to the Open Hand Cafe. It's a great little spot with good coffee. We were almost finished when in strolled Sue and Johnathon. A conversation was started and we spent the entire day with them. Sue was originally born in Australia, while Johnathon hails from the USA. Johnathon has spent very little if any of his adult life in the States and has lived in countries throughout southeast Asia. They are currently living in Sri Lanka where Sue is Australian Consul for Sri Lanka and Johnathon is the spouse. (He's got a great gig!)
We had a great day strolling the harbour and watching the Chinese fishing nets working. I did have the opportunity to assist in pulling up the nets. This is the only place that these type of nets exist outside of China.
There are very few places in this city that you can purchase liquor. We did find a place and Johnathon explained the rules of cricket to me as it was playing on the screen. The World Cup is currently being contested here in India. When we left, India was giving Bangladesh a serious beating. You could have a long nap, wakeup, and not have missed very much considering these shortened games still last a full day.
The weather has been blistering hot, and I have had no choice but to wear long pants during daytime hours due to the bad burns. Thanks for all the comments it is nice to read them. If only there was a department type store to purchase products that you can trust.
While I knew this was going to be a tough trip, I underestimated how difficult it would be.
It is hard to find everyday kind of things that you need. There is the constant worry about having enough bottled water. Not that is hard to find, you just have to make sure that you always have stock.
I have struggled with Internet at the hotel the last couple of days...it didn't seem to like the IPad. I do have some videos to load, and I will edit this post after I get them up on YouTube.
We are leaving for Munnar tomorrow morning. It is a 4 hour drive from here into a more hilly region inland.
I have no idea of Internet availability there so I will continue to write and post when I can.
We hope everyone is well and are thinking of Nanna in the hospital.
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