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Kerala Travelogue

I am in the bus on my way to God's own country, Kerala, as I pen this down. It's 1:00 a.m., a fact I realised just now while looking at my phone clock. Sleep, amusingly, loves playing hide and seek with me when I travel, hence, while watching the trees (and buildings) pass by and thinking I should have probably been an owl 🦉, I thought of writing (typing?) down a few thoughts.

The original destination that had been selected for the trip was Delhi, अपनी दिल्ली... But plans have a habit of not working out at times, and given that I live in Mangalore, we finally decided to travel slightly closer to home this time, and thus Kerala was decided upon. You'll have to wait a bit longer, Delhi...

Kerala has always been on my list of travel destinations; however, for some reason or the other, this is my very first trip there. I somehow used to end up on a trip to a totally different destination every time.. Oh well, better late than never I guess... 🙄

Excited about this long awaited trip to God's Own Country.. Should be reaching early in the a.m. tomorrow. I plan to blog my trip this time, something I always plan but never do. Hope I do it this time.

Crossed a place by name Thellacherry (I hope I am spelling that right) about two hours back. I mention this because I have been unable to identify any of the other places that have passed by, owing to the darkness.

On a different note, I noticed a lot of cops on the roads about three hours back, some in riot protection gear.. Wonder what was going on; hope everything is okay over there, whichever place it was..

Well, until tomorrow then. Good night peeps. Sweet dreams.

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