Vallikkapatta
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Vallikkapatta to Varkala
I departed from Vallikkapatta the day after the Chirakkal family gathering. I had a wonderful time with Hari’s family and it was sad to say goodbye to them all. I caught the bus from the Vallikkapatta to Tirur where I had a reservation for the train to take me to the beach resort of Varkala. Hari dropped me off at the bus stop where I caught the local bus. At Tirur I had a short wait before the train arrived. The train was very busy and I was glad that I had a reserved seat for the 8 hour journey. I relaxed on the train reading a book whilst the…
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Chirakkal Family Gathering
On December 28th all of the Chirakkal extended family came together at Hari’s home. Hari is now based in Singapore so the family all get together once or twice a year when he is in Kerala. It was great to be part of the family gathering and to see members of Hari’s family who I met at his wedding 23 years ago. The day started with a walk stroll through the paddy fields with the youngsters. We walked along the narrow ridges that separate the fields and had to balance carefully to prevent falling into the mud. After the walk we cleaned our feet in the river and received a…
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Koyilandy to Vallikkapatta
I left Koyilandy in the morning after celebrating Bavrah’s parents wedding anniversary. Hari, Bavrah, Aminta and Ashlin were travelling straight back to Hari’s house in Vallikkapatta. I wanted to explore Calicut some more and so caught the bus into the city and would join Hari and Bavrah later in the evening. It was a very hot day for walking around the streets of Calicut but it was a great place for shopping and people watching. For lunch I found a restaurant close to the centre which was rapidly filling up with dinners at 1 pm. I walked in a took a seat as the place seemed popular. There was no…
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Vallikkapatta to Koyilandy
I woke to a beautiful view from my bedroom in the Chirakkal house looking out across the paddy fields. Hari and I went for a short walk in the morning. We were invited for breakfast at Hari’s sister’s home who lives nearby. They had prepared a tasty traditional Keralan breakfast and I was able to taste some local delights which had been freshly prepared. After breakfast we returned to Hari’s home and his nephew Vishnu came over to say hello. The last time I saw him he was a young boy and now he is studying medicine in Trivandrum. After chatting for a while we packed up our bags to…
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I woke early to catch the 8.30 train from Coimbatore to Tirur which is the closest train station to Vallikkapatta in Kerala where my friend Hari is from. I brought an unreserved SL ticket which allowed me to sit anywhere on the train in the sleeper carriages which during the day are converted back into seating. I checked with a local guy if there was any particular carriage I needed to board. He was going in the same direction as me and so he accompanied me onto the train and we found a seat together. He spoke good English and so we had a long conversation to pass the time.…
