Well it’s started – over eight hours of solid, torrential rain yesterday. The main street of Cheruthony (my residence for the last two nights) was under half an inch of fast-running water in many places. Considering that this street, in many of those places, has a 30-degree slope, that’s a lot of water.

I’ve broken the habit of a lifetime and bought an umbrella.

I’m taking a break in a bus-journey to Nedumkandam in a big town called Kattappana. My back is currently very sore from sleeping on hard beds so an hour on rattling is all I can take.

Time for chai and lunch…