Wednesday 16th December. We started today with an early morning yoga class in the pavilion overlooking the lake. Very peaceful. Feeling suitably tranquil, we swam in our pool and spotted several drongos, a flameback woodpecker and a pair of flycatchers in the palm trees above us, savouring this peace and quiet. We packed our bags yet again - we were becoming quite slick at this now. The phone rang and it turned out to be restaurant staff concerned that we had ov...

Friday 11th December Kochi We started today with an early morning yoga lesson on the roof top overlooking the mango trees and coconut palms. There was a gentle breeze, just enough to make the early morning heat tolerable, but we were glad to cool off in the garden pool afterwards. Breakfast was different from our usual buffet and the size and variety of the latter was brought home to us as we ordered our choices from the menu... Today was our day 'at leisur...