The Western Ghats in southern India are famous for several things, and this is one of those: rain. It was more like drizzle than proper rain, but I still enjoyed it after more than three months of seeing no rain other than a few light spots in Sikkim. This was the second time I'd visited Top Station; the first was the previous day when the almost cloudless sky allowed me wonderful views. Nice to see the place in such different conditions.
Back To Delhi early tomorrow; a day there, then the long journey back to Aotearoa/New Zealand begins. Almost six hours to Beijing, a thirteen-hour layover, then just over twelve hours to Auckland. Then I have to catch an overnight bus to Palmerston North -- and I'm still not back in the Valley.
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Oh, this feeds my delight in mystery. Beautiful photo. And after reading about your upcoming travel marathon I will stop fretting over my upcoming flight to California;). Safe travels.
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A beautiful, evocative image, Pete. Safe travels - and if you need to be picked up from the bus, let us know :-)
Barbara, Zhoen, Lisa: thank you. I'm safely back in Delhi, still struggling to believe my time in India's almost over.
Palmy, probably just as misty and rainy as this.
Liz, I skyped my landlady this morning and she suggested I bring a boat back with me from India.
I did Cambridge (UK) to London by train then flew to Pudong (Shanghai) to Auckland to Palmerston North in a long day at the end of August last year. After only being off crutches for a couple of days. It's all do-able but ain't much fun at the time. Safe travels.
Thanks Andrew. I managed it, but I don't ever want to do that again. Long haul flights and long layovers and sleeper buses aren't much fun with a vicious respiratory tract infection. I'm on antibiotics and all they're doing is making me feel crook as a dog and apparently not fixing the problem. Nietzsche was wrong — it's not killing me, but it's most definitely not making me stronger.
Looks warm, though misty. Great photo.
Thanks Jenny :-)
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