Kanniyakumari

Kanniyakumari is the southermn most city in India, where the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal all come together. It took us a long time to get here. First we took a rickshaw from Tranquebar to Katikali where it took us over two hours to find the right bus. Then we bused to a town outside of Thanjuvar (sp?) where we transfered*. Then our second bus reached Trichy where we took an over night train. The light from the hall crept into our bunks and I stuck to the plastic bed all night. Then in the morning I had diarrhea in the train station...not a fun place to have that.

Anyhow...the weather is nice today, only a little rain, and the children attach themselves to me like little crabs. We had excellent coffee this morning and found a litter of the cutest puppies on earth.

*At the first bus stop an official looking bus station guy assigned another passenger to us...basically told him that he had to get us on the right bus going in the right direction. I think it was a big responsibility because the busses are so crowded and with our bags we look like four people. Anyway, without our helper we would probably still be on a bus somewhere in the middle of India.