Re-united with Wischnewski (monsoon damages to be fixed)
Hello all!
Our travel break is over, Yippee! After waiting 2 months in Jakarta (Indonesia) and Chiang Mai (Thailand) for the Indian monsoon to finish, we returned to Kochi (South India) in September. Unfortunately, the monsoon caused several damages at our cabin: since the roof hatch and some windows were not perfectly dense, we got water into the cabin. And where you have water and high temperatures mold is quickly there, in the cushions, the mattress, the seats, the curtains etc. We had through away almost everything made of textile because it mostly was not possible to clean. The good thing was that already before that little catastrophe we had plans to buy new mattresses and new seats. So that way we finally did it, we could purchase all materials in Kochi. Of course, there also was a big cleaning session necessary inside the cabin. That took some days (no big fun since it still was very warm and humid in India). Too bad that in between our cleaning session Carsten slipped from a letter and hit his head. But that one was relatively hard, 8 stiches later all was fixed again… that way we could experience how an Indian hospital works (hectic like on the streets), but they did a good job at the end.
It was really good to finally continue our road trip! Due to the sickness and death of Heikes father, it was a break of 7 months for Heike, for Carsten it was still 5 months before we could start our trip again. Now we are very happy to be able to investigate the South of India. It is not always easy to get around in India in piece and with relaxation since there are Indians everywhere and they all want to talk to us about our trip and they all want to take a selfie with us. Usually, it takes less than 5 minutes when we arrive somewhere until a bunch of Indians come for selfies and just to watch what we do. But we got used to it… Even TV Channels, newspapers and plenty of YouTubers got interest in us and our trip. At least in South India we became a bit celebrities (for that, check our new media page).
Not the greatest fun in India is the street traffic in Indian cities (a complete nightmare, you would not image). But a lot of friendly people, where-ever we go. One thing that we had to learn is that cows (they are holy in India) are also part of the traffic: they walk, run, stand and lay everywhere, on pavements, village roads even on highways, everywhere :-0 In the first weeks we spent a lot of time at the south-western beaches of India in the state ‚Kerala‘ before we crossed the country north-east towards the holy city of Varanasi at the holy river ‚Ganga‘ (please see next blog post for that).
Have fun with some pictures from the south of India 🙂
Greetings from
Heike and Carsten
… yes-yes, also greetings from Wischnewski 😉
Best wishes from
Heike and Carsten
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Here you find some pictures from India (South)
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