Very tired from a VERY bumpy and loooong bus ride to Mangalore (pot-hole hell on the roads!), we experienced our first auto-rickshaw to the hotel. How those things can go so fast on three wheels, I'll never know- mechanical marvels!
One of our best finds was the bar 'Liquid Lounge', where all the cool kids (except us) hang out. Not the most quintessentially Indian place we went to, admittedly- when we walked at 7pm in they were pumping 'Insomnia' by Faithless at club volume, even though there was no dance floor in sight. It was here that we caved to Western food finally- those damn French fries. As much as we love the spice, there's only so much our tummies can handle!
Speaking of food, I have to give a special mention to the seafood cuisine- delicious! Pat's 'crab masala fry' proved a little tricky to eat- he still sustains some cuts from having to open the shells with his bare hands! I tried the typically Mangalorean 'kane', or 'ladyfish', just because I wanted to see what was so ladylike about it. Turns out not much- just three little fishes that looked like they'd been caught 10 minutes previously. Good job I've gotten over my fish-head phobia!
We also found out why we haven't been able to get to Kerala- it's the Muslim holiday of Eid this weekend (the end of Ramadam), so all students/holidays headed out of town to celebrate. This seems to be a very exciting time to be in India- lots of festivals going on all over the country. We got to see a sweet night-time procession down the street, with about 50 people pulling a float of.....a Muslim statue (I didn't get to find out who!)
So! There's Mangalore...more musings on Munnar in a mo! xxx
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