Life 2 Waters Of Kerala, part : Deux

Well, I have been talking about it for a while now. Now finally I can say "We did it. We got the samples. And we've got pics to prove it!".

We traversed about 60 kms of coastal roads of kerala on our quest (quest as in collection of muddy water) for a cause, cause that is the revival of a forgotten yet glorious inland waterway connecting Trivandrum to hte central and northern parts of kerala. At certain locations we were sure why kerala is called God's Own Country. At certain parts we had to run from the locals who were teasing the girls with a variety comments of varying degrees of bad taste. We even helped a 70 year old grandpa guy get his moped over moulds of rocks at a bridge construction site ( Grandpa's gratitude - "aniyanmaare vaa.. oru single tea okke adichittu pokam aa kadennu.." ; sadly we had to refuse due to time constraints).

Luckily for us we never took a wrong turn even though it was unchartered territory as far as we were concerned. The locals were helpful in giving directions, but getting to the site with the girls was a constant attack on my nerves. At one place (Thaazhu Vettoor) we had a bunch of kids tease the hell out of us in original Raayamaanikyam style. But they did show us the way to get down to the very very stagnant water (they mistaked Maneesh for a teacher, though I cant blam them, as he was slight misfit in the group). And the last station and last of Maneesh's photographs on site were taken at Anjengo (Anju Thengu, and we could not figure out where the five coconut trees were) by 2:30 and we had ample time to get back to Varkala have our chikin biryanis and move onto Varkala beach. There we had our fun before our trip back to Trivandrum.

Next stop > Socio-Economic survey + Probably naatukarude thallu .. (Weekend job from now) on.