From hell to heaven

We were not in luck, after reaching our hotel and figuring out it was of a similar standard to our last, I was furious. Again, no wifi, which wouldn't be so important if I wasn't there with Alessia but it felt like a safety net.

The room was dirty and pillows had holes in them. I Spend yet another day trying to contact make my trip, while booking tickets to see Martial arts and traditional dance. Our driver couldn't have been more helpful in making sure everything was ok and trying his best to help. He was in agreement that I had gotten awful hotels.

But regardless we enjoyed our evening, Alessia loved the show. We chatted with so many people where I kept getting asked where was the rest of my group and when I would reply we were the group people couldn't believe it. One gentleman wanted to exchange emails and told me how much admiration he had for me. Alessia posed for hundreds more photos. And we had some of the best food yet.

Though I couldn't bare the thought of going to another Dirty hotel so I made one more attempt to cancel our trip. At this stage I really was happy just to relax in the one spot. Though finally got talking to a manager and they begged me not to cancel. We were upgraded to five star resorts instead. This was exactly what we needed. A little bit of heaven.

On the way to Alleppey our driver brought me to his friends mum who is a Tailor to get my finial blouse made for another sari. It was such a lovely experience she is famous in Kerala and her skills and talent next to none.

She took my measurements and we drive to our hotel. An amazing lake cabin, we were greeted with fresh pineapple juice, things were looking up.  The bad accommodation was worth it. We relaxed, enjoyed the pool and a clean shower. We were invited out for dinner with our driver's friend so we went. The following day our driver took his friend to meet us who is a journalist and photographer and he took both myself and Alessias photos. We went and collected my blouse and sari, the job she did was incredible. This was my third blouse to get done and the difference in quality was amazing. The whole family had come to see us and take photos. Theses were the experiences that myself and Alessia were really enjoying. Meeting local people and seeing a glimpse of their lives. Our horrific experience was soon forgotten and I felt so happy and content again and so was Alessia. 

We arrived at the Kovalam beach side resort not quite as nice as our last accommodation but definitely not too bad. As we walked on to the beach literally everyone on the beach surrounded myself and Alessia staring and looking and taking photos. It was actually a little scary to be honest. Alessia enjoyed the freedom of the beach and running into the water. I enjoyed not worrying that she was going to kill herself. I noticed they had my favorite shop fabindia so we hiked up hill to satisfy my need to shop. We had a lovely relaxing evening, ate incredible local food and were making the most of our last days in India. Last stop in Kerala was Poovar this was literally the most beautiful place I've ever stayed Poovar holiday resort, as we took a boat twenty minutes through the backwaters to a tranquil secluded hide away we were mesmerized by the beauty. We swam in the pool we ate buffet and drank water melon juice. Alessia got to run around and our room was so lovely I was happy to just relax in it. I had become so attached to our driver and unfortunately he was leaving us as we were going to another state and we were getting a new driver. I felt tears in my eyes as he said goodbye. The kindness he has shown myself and Alessia was incredible.



 Alessia didn't understand  why he was  driving away and was waving so hard after him. We had one week left, and I wanted to enjoy every last minute. As we drove to Kanykumari I could feel the wind down begin. Still five more stops, but I think Alessia had taken her fill.

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