Yindia!!!!!!!!! Day 5 - Uncle Mani's Infectious Smile!!

My throat was already bad before coming to India.. Then getting drenched in the rain in Anthirapillai and being totally not prepared for Coimbatore and Kerala's chilly weather.... i had lost my voice and was burning up with fever....

Had a superb breakfast of tosai and chutney and took a couple of panadols... Then we got ready to leave Coimbatore...

I wasnt as trigger happy with the camera... Even Kumar commented that he hardly heard the camera's click this time... I was almost like a zombie... We were all tired and the road trip was long and bumpy ...


We stopped at Karur Town for a short while for tea and some tit bits... Karur was a bit more warmer then Coimbatore but the wind was just as chilly....





As we continued our journey back to Trichi it got warmer and warmer... and we reached Trichi... it was a balmy 38 degrees Celsius...



As we crossed one of the bridges across the Cavery river we noticed that the river served as a launderette as hundreds of people were washing and putting cloths out to dry... This time of the year the water level is low as it is controlled by a Dam nearby..

We reached Uncle Mani's house and as usual were greeted with his infectious smile and laughter... he had a cozy house surrounded by a garden full of fruit trees. He even had a grape vine growing in front of his porch.Uncle Mani gave us a tour around his garden. At the back there were 5 different types of Mango trees. Too bad it wasnt in season. Coconut trees, Jambu trees and many more. His land was surrounded by padi fields. Although it was so hot it was very shady and as usual windy... that really helped becos the heat was getting to me... i couldnt stand up.. the fever was really getting to me... luckily Uncle Mani's best friend who was a doctor was there... and he wrote me a medical subscription which i received after a superb late lunch and a really good evening nap...







Uncle Mani's family wanted to celebrate our wedding anniversary even thought it was almost a month before that. They even bought champagne to toast ... so sweet of them lah...I just had a sip of champagne and just drank water the rest of the night... Spent the rest of the night getting to know all of them but i decided to call it an early night... my head felt so heavy and a little woozy..maybe becos of the meds... but I swear my face was aching from smiling and laughing so much... it felt like my wedding day all over again...minus the alcohol ... kekekeke...



To be continued
(pls visit my picasa page for more photos