Today we slept in till the wonderful hour of nine am and felt so much better for it... We leisurely strolled down to the beach and sat at the coffee temple for breakfast of which I enjoyed a scrummy beans on toast with egg and Steven a cheese and tomato omelette... I also savoured the most amazing cup of earl grey since arriving in India. This morning it was more cloudy but felt warm so we wandered down to the beach to relax for a short while. We swam a bit and...

This morning we woke early feeling exhausted... Despite our respite from early morning temple visits and such, we still hadn't slept well since arriving in Varkala. Steven was starving and headed to the beach to grab some breakfast while I stayed in the room and tried to rest... However by about nine thirty I was bored and wandered towards the beach where I found him in a cafe munching on a dosa. I joined him and ordered a tea and we sat and enjoyed the view fo...

Despite our chance for a lie in we both woke up stupidly early at about five thirty... We did manage to doze a little more but not much so got up ready for the day. It was a bit of a mis match morning as the electricity kept going out (apparently there are planned power cuts seven thirty to eight both am and pm). Plus the power cuts stopped the tank filling with cold water so no water either mmmm... Eventually I had a cold shower and was a lot more a wake and ...