A week away from home is by itself just that..a week. Then you add in experiences as varied as what we had, and the week seems to go into a time distortion. One that feels way longer.... in essence from the intensity and spectrum of new and varied experiences.
Varied was at multiple levels. The pictures speak of landscape...and our experience encompassed, in addition to the sea and the mountains:
The hulabulu of a wedding in the city, and the quiet of just the two of us in Munnar.
The extreme heat and humidity of Cochin, and the chilly and windy monsoons in Chinnakanal.
A well known temple in Thrissur, and the hip cafes of Fort Kochi.
A ferry drive in the car at Ernakulam, and driving through clouds in the western ghats.
Wine through the evenings and ayurveda during the day.
You get the drift....
It's a trip that Diksha and I did to Kerala last week.....visiting Cochin, Thrissur and Munnar.
This morning a friend asked "just the two of you, didn't you get bored?". The thought hadn't even occurred to me. We had such a marvelous time ....even cooped up in the room during the rains that seem to never stop.......doing things together, syncing when needed, doing our own thing at times....in fact we didn't even think of turning the TV on, not even once. It was a simply beautiful week.
This morning a friend asked "just the two of you, didn't you get bored?". The thought hadn't even occurred to me. We had such a marvelous time ....even cooped up in the room during the rains that seem to never stop.......doing things together, syncing when needed, doing our own thing at times....in fact we didn't even think of turning the TV on, not even once. It was a simply beautiful week.
Back home and wanting to write, was when I realized just how wide and deep an experience spectrum it was....so much so, that in itself seemed a thought worth capturing, and a good enough place to start :)
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