Saturday, May 7, 2016

At Raj Nivas.

We're off from 'The Quarterdeck' fifteen minutes behind schedule thanks to a power outage owing to a flash downpour. Since the traffic was sparse I could step on the gas without curbs. We're at our favourable restaurant at Kochi for breakfast by a quarter past 8. The wait at the toothy's took more than two hours. By the time we'd shaped our course homeward it was past 11.

The journey to Alappuzha was smooth and we halted for lunch at a wayside motel. There were a few things that had to be bought at Kottarakkara and since parking was difficult out there, we'd stopped for tea at a small, wayside tea shop. Kunjamma served us lovely tea and vadas that were out of this world. Lekha and Rema, then, took an auto to buy the sundries while mom and I waited at a parking spot that was crowded with vehicles in a haphazardly fashion.

We reached Raj Nivas around 5 and quickly went about setting up things like starting up the fridge, changing the sheets, getting the television going, activating the telephone and working the motor to fill up the newly fixed overhead tank with water. After a quick freshening up, we're at our caretaker's place for the reception on the eve of his youmger son's wedding.


Tailpiece.

It's great meeting people


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