Travel Virus

In this second trip to India I learnt to put the itinerary after, and not before starting the trip, because in India you never know… In fact I was planning to visit more places, north, but also small distances always need so much time travelling with public transportation. but it was fun to travel on the train and local busses… I made some interesting encounters on the nearly 50 busses I took, especially joung girls who were asking me all the details of my life In Kerala the busses have assigned sits for women, where men cannot sit, which was very nice.

I had a few reverse cultural shocks while coming back: first Swiss Air’s flights were all late (and I really mean all: four out of four!) and in the last flight they even manage to forget my luggage in zurich airport… so the swiss are not so precise as in the stereotipe! Then i go to the grocery store and I pick up one small melon: 4.50 CHF, and I’m thinking, with this money (220 rupies) i can go to a fancy restaurant in Kerala, have fish, vegetables, rice and fresh juice! Also the weather decided to make me miss my holidays even more… it will be raining for the next 5 days