Janice: (Christmas Eve; 10 p.m.)
We spent 11 hours getting from Trichy to Trivandrum. The first 6
hours were a breeze: it was like driving on the NY Thruway (except for
one bottleneck situation near Madurai). Then we got on this 2 lane
road that went through several villages and we were essentially
creeping; in one town, it was standing for several minutes and then
moving for one. There was also an unnecessary delay at the border
where we had to pay a tax of Rs. 1000 because ours was not a private
car; it took 20 minutes to make the payment and wait for their
computer to print the permit. All this delay paled in significance
when we entered Trivandrum. Traffic was inching along and there were
two sections of the road where there had been flooding from rain today
with water knee deep. People were wading through the water and our
driver was worried about the engine stalling. Finally we got to the
hotel around 8:30 p.m. We were all loudly praising God for getting us
to our destination at last (of course, it was God who also made it
rain!).
Nothing else to report. I hope you are having a very fine
Christmas Eve dinner with the rest of the family. Tell them all that
we miss being there and wish them all a very merry Christmas.
Love
ELH
1 comment:
Sam and I saw the Tintin movie today (in 3D), which stars our Tintin as Snowy-barks similarly and is also fearful of grates. Our Tintin, however cannot pin a falcon down by the tail while barrelling down a hill.. It was fun-the animation is amazing. We also rally liked Hugo (the movie).
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