Day 98 (Fri 13 Oct) - Calicut / Kalpetta
Left our hotel about 9ish and walked to the nearby bus station.
Got a bus to Kalpetta with no probs. We're getting pretty good at this bus thing!
Very, very hot as we travelled up and over the Western Ghats. The views of the forested valley's were simply awesome.
Got to Kalpetta about 5.30pm and headed for the PPS Tourist Home hotel where we checked in. Had a great lunch in their resteraunt and then went off to the DPTC Tourist Office to sort out some jollies. The chap at the Tourist Office was very helpful. We arranged for a guide to meet us at our hotel t'row morning at 9am.
Got back to our hotel and bunged our clothes into get laundered.
Sarb was feeling a little restless so went off to have a beer and find an internet cafe. Whilst checking the email he found a mail from British Gas stating that there was a problem with the flat's boiler system. Foolishly we had forgotten that the regulations for installing boilers had changed since leaving the UK and consequently we now had to install a 'Multi-Bonded Electrification Subsystem'. Considering that we are already paying BG monthly for insuring the boiler and that it has had countless inspections deeming it safe this mail had Sarb fuming. Anyway he got back to the hotel and told Jo about the mail. Decided that we really should find out what the hell BG was on about so trooped back to the cafe. Life however springs some surprises however. As soon as we logged on we found a new email stating the boiler at the house was handing in its dinner pail.
At this point Sarb decided he'd had enough of flaming British Gas, boilers, and Multi-Bonded Coaxial Sub Electrification units so Jo thought it wise to head back to the safety of the hotel where restorative beer could be purchased.
Had a bland meal at the hotel and turned in.
The beds in the hotel can best be described as bed shaped. Features normally associated with a bed were completely lacking, principally comfort. It seemed that putting a 1 inch thick bit of material on a solid wooden base was enough to give the impression that there was indeed a bed there.
Needless to say we both slept badly!
Got a bus to Kalpetta with no probs. We're getting pretty good at this bus thing!
Very, very hot as we travelled up and over the Western Ghats. The views of the forested valley's were simply awesome.
Got to Kalpetta about 5.30pm and headed for the PPS Tourist Home hotel where we checked in. Had a great lunch in their resteraunt and then went off to the DPTC Tourist Office to sort out some jollies. The chap at the Tourist Office was very helpful. We arranged for a guide to meet us at our hotel t'row morning at 9am.
Got back to our hotel and bunged our clothes into get laundered.
Sarb was feeling a little restless so went off to have a beer and find an internet cafe. Whilst checking the email he found a mail from British Gas stating that there was a problem with the flat's boiler system. Foolishly we had forgotten that the regulations for installing boilers had changed since leaving the UK and consequently we now had to install a 'Multi-Bonded Electrification Subsystem'. Considering that we are already paying BG monthly for insuring the boiler and that it has had countless inspections deeming it safe this mail had Sarb fuming. Anyway he got back to the hotel and told Jo about the mail. Decided that we really should find out what the hell BG was on about so trooped back to the cafe. Life however springs some surprises however. As soon as we logged on we found a new email stating the boiler at the house was handing in its dinner pail.
At this point Sarb decided he'd had enough of flaming British Gas, boilers, and Multi-Bonded Coaxial Sub Electrification units so Jo thought it wise to head back to the safety of the hotel where restorative beer could be purchased.
Had a bland meal at the hotel and turned in.
The beds in the hotel can best be described as bed shaped. Features normally associated with a bed were completely lacking, principally comfort. It seemed that putting a 1 inch thick bit of material on a solid wooden base was enough to give the impression that there was indeed a bed there.
Needless to say we both slept badly!
posted by Jo and Sarb at
10/13/2006 09:04:00 am
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