Time to leave the southern tip of India and start our trip up the west coast towards Alleppy on the train - our first in India. We have been unable to buy train tickets for our long journeys as tickets go on sale for 90 days before the day of travel and so are largely sold out with only the odd one available for the most basic of classes, if at all. It is still raining, we are growing webbed feet and getting thoroughly fed up with the wet. As we sit on the train David and Nicole contemplate 24 hours in Alleppy where we have planned to hire a rice boat and cruise the backwaters. This is an expensive part of our journey and the idea of spending a considerable chunk of our dwindling budget on this to sit in the rain is rapidly losing its' appeal. We make a spur of the moment family decision to stay on the train and bypass Alleppy heading straight for Cochin.
It is a very long day with not very much to eat and the girls enjoy a delicious meal, Indian style with no cutlery, at the hotel restaurant when we finally arrive.
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