On our second day in paradise we decided to see what Indian bureaucracy was like and so we haggled with the auto rickshaw man for a trip into Trivandrum. This is more like India should be....everyone honking their horns and dicing with death on the potholed roads. We like Trivandrum, it's real and you'll see everything you want in the space of a 30 minute tuk tuk ride. We headed into the railway station and went into the busy complaints/refunds/cancellations/bulk...

The former District head nurse of Kerala and her ex CEO husband got off on the last stop before before Trivandrum and Vindeep as usual was the perfect gentleman, he helped them with their bags and made sure they were all sorted, we said goodbye to them and they also wished us a safe journey. I'm afraid I hadn't made much of an impression with them as I'd become quite withdrawn and at times bitter about this ride. The last few hours were probably not the hardest b...