Hello from a monsoony place

Hello.. I guess this is unexpected, I was supposed to be absent from this blog for a week. But well, a cheap internet rate and some rain after dinner had me wandering around in cyberspace and of course to my comfort zone, this spot.

Let me tell you about this place, Kerala tagged as “God’s own county”. How I ended up here is a pretty long story that goes back about 60 years. H’s mom has 3 half siblings who live in Kerala. And there is a huge family here. We landed on Saturday night and were lodged in a local guest house for the first 3 nights. (We broke away fromt the rest of the group for some R&R at The Leela in Kovalamand we’re missing them terribly) Their hospitality is overwhelming and we’ve been having 3 home cooked meals a day in the family home. Each meal is surrounded by at least 10 family members who take turns and sometimes stimultaneously pile food onto your plate. We’ve had lots of uttupams, apoms, dosas, puttumayam, chapati, paratha, briyanis, rotis. And there’s something about the food that makes you want more. We’ve been having lots of bananas, there is an overwhelming variety here and lots of heady sweet alphonso mangoes.

There is something about this place with its sun and showers (only at night thankfully) where the green looks greener than green and the sky bluer than blue. Ignore the dusty streets and the honking of the trucks, the people are sweet and gentle and the family too wonderful. I don’t think I have been kissed by these many people and so many times in such a short period of time. I’ve taken loads of pics and I can’t wait to share them with you! Till then!