I guess this will be my last post as I’m sure some people know I’m back in England. So much as happened (as always) that I’m sure I will miss lots out but hey.
So left varkala with Angelina, had a great time. Went to the southern tip of india, which was nice not like everybody had described it. A few highlights were
Juggling at the train stations
Getting guided around the temples and being shown the ‘opening of the door’ strange event when the priest opened the door to the temple to show the statues of the gos and everyone looked amazed, I wasn’t but it was nice.
Getting kicked out of a restaurant while trying to enjoy a chai and a cigeratte
Seeing the Ghandi memorial (another one :- )
Walking round the streets and being greeted by lots of women, which is a strange thing for india as most women won’t even look at you.
Going to the island temple and following an official tour around and having a meditation in the om room
Telling everyone in the cue that Angelina was my wife – was so much fun having her as my wife that I decided she is my wife!
From here we went to a place called maduri. Didn’t stay for too long (maybe two nights). Went on a big tour of all the sights which was good fun. Had 8 people on a jeep and just went looking at stuff, think I’ll just write highlights again as it was a while ago
Highlights
Walking around the streets for a very long time eating omletes and chatting.
The monkeys at one temple trying to get my peanuts and me being scared
Angelina trying to give a donation and not being possible
Seeing the best statue at the ‘disney’ hanuman temple
Sneaking showing affection while nobody was looking
Trying sugar cane juice
From here we got the bus to ramaswala which took about 3 hours (felt like 6). Arrived got a rickshaw to a hotel and got an expensive room. We were the first people to stay in it as it had just been refurbished!
Highlights:
Watching the birdcage staring robin Williams
Being guided round the temple with my wife and making a few blessings
Finding out my cousin was having a baby!!!
Walking through the fishing village and back smelling some strange fish
Getting room service
Losing Angelina for a couple of hours and finding that I was worried about her...
Going to adams bridge and seeing a thunder storm across the bay
Lots of stuff was really a magical couple of days I spent there.
From here got a 3rd class train at night to Chennai.... managed to get a luggage rack between us to sleep in (took it in turns), told a man we were married and he started asking us lots of questions about it. I lied and told him a whole story, made us laugh. Train journey was a bit of a pain but arrived ok. Me and Angelina both have very dodgy stomachs at this point.
Went to a hotel and decided we want some western food so go to burger joint where I have my first bit of meat for 2 and a bit months. Was nice but felt really ill afterwards. To top it all off go to the internet have a message from each of my sisters and brother (3) saying phone home. I know something is up. Check facebook and on there my cousins status is RIP gandma you will be missed. Basically my gran is dead!! Shit. If you know me you know I love my gran so I was gutted. Really gutted. Luckily Angelina was there and cheered me up no end. Had to make a descision about whether to go home to funeral , stay in india or go to srilaka and do what I really wanted to do. Made the wrong descision which I may regret forever but may turn out to be ok.
That evening helped anglelina throw stuff away.. and then she left in the morning, didn’t even get to say goodbye (maybe it was a nice way to leave it..) love her to bits and always will.
I decided to fuck on Chennai and go the beach. At beach decided to fuck of beach and go to England. Got a flight to dehli next day ~(left my phone in Chennai like a dick) which was easy. Would have got the train but didn’t want to be stuck on a train for 30 hours as was a little emotional. Delhi I bought a load of handbags and earings to sell in England then got the worst case of dsyentry you have every seen (and you would not want to see it) couldn’t even have a wee standing up as my arse would leak :- (. This meant I couldn’t fly home on the Wednesday and I spent 3-4 days sat in a hotel room watching cnn (depressing) got over illness and got a flight home through dubai.
Got to gatwich and I had £20 to my name so I decided to hitch. Wow never hitched properly before and it was easy.
First guy was a muslim guy who droped me in Luton and gave me £2. Then a baker took me to the service station where I say ronnnie o Sullivan. Then went up the M1 with a guy (who took me to far) ended up standing in the rain for 30 minutes when this guy picked me up and took me almost all the way (really usuful trip) he tried to give me a fiver which I refused. Then some strange guy took me to the service station near my dads, then I started walking and these two young lads picked me up and dropped my straight outside my dads pub. Took 6 and a half hours and was great fun!!
So I’m back in England, had a funeral to go to which was nice.. saw family and wore a suit. Back to real life for a bit. lol
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this was a rush job just wanted to get it written
may write one more entry after i've reread everything
