Once again it is with a sad and heavy heart that we are getting ready, once again, to leave two people we have really enjoyed. Bala and Vasu were incredible hosts and our evenings with them were so warm and interesting. This staying in homestays is starting to pull on my heart strings. We are forever saying goodbye to people we would love to have as friends.
This morning our breakfast was a totally Kodi cereal - the name escapes me now - I think it was millet. Once cooked, it is very dark and very smooth and reminds me of cream of wheat except dark brown in color. We all wrote something in their guest book before leaving. From what I read from other guests, everyone stopping at Cinnabar enjoys their stay and their hosts.
The drive to Thodapuzha was very long and uneventful except for the fact that for the last 4 hours, we asked our driver "will we be stopping for lunch?" Every time he nodded yes but we never did. In his defence, he had another 7 hours drive to get back home. The drive consisted of hairpin bends down from Kodiakanal and then up to Kerala from Tamil Nadu. When we finally arrived here, everyone was expecting us anxiously and welcomed us very warmly. We expected our host to be Ruby and Joseph but they had left for Australia and were replaced by Ruby's two sisters, Molly and Lucy and a family friend called Binou. I can't help but think of Elise and Chloe who love a program called Toupi and Binou. At first, we were disappointed because Bernie had always emailed Ruby and we were all anxious to meet her and her husband, an anesthesiologist. That was short lived because we were being treated like royalty from the moment we came in.
I hate to talk about food again but the meals and snacks here are out of this world and so different from anything I cook at home such as banana raita, jack-fruit thoran, amazing okra dishes, fresh chapati, different kinds of rices and so much more succulent dishes. We will all be so uncomfortable in our clothes by the time we get home. The house here is really quite nice. There are two outdoor patios, one on each floor and they both overlook the Peryar River. There are many birds to watch and I am right in my element here. The only negative for me is that it is very very hot.
That's it for now. Talk to you tomorrow.
This morning our breakfast was a totally Kodi cereal - the name escapes me now - I think it was millet. Once cooked, it is very dark and very smooth and reminds me of cream of wheat except dark brown in color. We all wrote something in their guest book before leaving. From what I read from other guests, everyone stopping at Cinnabar enjoys their stay and their hosts.
The drive to Thodapuzha was very long and uneventful except for the fact that for the last 4 hours, we asked our driver "will we be stopping for lunch?" Every time he nodded yes but we never did. In his defence, he had another 7 hours drive to get back home. The drive consisted of hairpin bends down from Kodiakanal and then up to Kerala from Tamil Nadu. When we finally arrived here, everyone was expecting us anxiously and welcomed us very warmly. We expected our host to be Ruby and Joseph but they had left for Australia and were replaced by Ruby's two sisters, Molly and Lucy and a family friend called Binou. I can't help but think of Elise and Chloe who love a program called Toupi and Binou. At first, we were disappointed because Bernie had always emailed Ruby and we were all anxious to meet her and her husband, an anesthesiologist. That was short lived because we were being treated like royalty from the moment we came in.
I hate to talk about food again but the meals and snacks here are out of this world and so different from anything I cook at home such as banana raita, jack-fruit thoran, amazing okra dishes, fresh chapati, different kinds of rices and so much more succulent dishes. We will all be so uncomfortable in our clothes by the time we get home. The house here is really quite nice. There are two outdoor patios, one on each floor and they both overlook the Peryar River. There are many birds to watch and I am right in my element here. The only negative for me is that it is very very hot.
That's it for now. Talk to you tomorrow.
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