God's own country

Kerala, also known as God's own country is a beautiful place. Better than Goa i think. Spent a day on a slow cruise along the backwaters then spent another day and night on a houseboat. It's sort of like a chalet that moves along the waters. And i slept on the top deck that night, fell asleep whilst looking at the numerous stars in the sky. Pity, didn't see any shooting star. Think i'm blind. Kok pin and von saw 3 that night. WHY??

Now i'm currently at fort cochin. It's a laid back place, almost like a more-developed pulau ubin. All of us rented bikes for the day and cycled around the island. It's really putting our biking skills to the test especially for yvonne cos she made me fall down ONCE! cos she crashed into me and she had so many almost-accidents. Haha. Don't worry, we returned the bikes already and von still has all her limbs on her. She's safe, so DON"T WORRY - to the relatives of von. She's coming home soon!!

Tonight all of us will be going to watch a Kathakali dance, a traditional Keralan dance. They use natural pigments to paint their face. Don't really know much about it but I'll be going to see them get ready for the performance and then perform.

We're staying at the Wilson's homestay at fort cochin. It's a steal man! Super cheap rooms but extremely clean and comfortable. I'm paying S$2 a night. Amazing right? The people there are all very friendly and sociable. Spent the night talking to the receptionist called Xavier. If u read her world April 2005, the journalist came to Kerala and wrote a short piece about Fort Cochin and she mentioned the place i'm staying in and Xavier.

ok. enough for now. Coming home in 6 days.....yeah!....not so yeah cos have school...but still yeah!