Mad Dash to Edapally, uh, Thrissur - Part 2

Somewhere on the road to Edapally through Ernakulum, we fell off Indian Highway 17. The road signs are scant and difficult to process. We are absolutely lost after barely two hours in our proposed journey through India.

After crossing several of Kerala's bridges while being entranced by its natural beauty, we decide to stop, stretch, and ask for help. All around us, the lush palm groves line the waterways and inlets of the Malabar coast. The scenery is overwhelming and being absolutely lost in Kerala's beauty brings on a certain serenity and resignation.

We ask a group waiting by a bus for help. Luckily, they are the bus' crew and readily offer assistance. The bus driver, a kind man with an unfortunate hairpiece--it looks like a flat spool of black thread attached to his skull--invites Bennett to ride along in his bus while I follow in back.

We make it back to the highway and proceed on the highway north. Only after a few kilometers, do we realize we are not headed towards Edapally. Rather, we are headed to Thrissur on Indian Highway 47.

All right, to Thrissur then!!! Poor Bastards!!!!

Posted at 05:00PM Dec 28, 2006 by D Bums