Day 5 - Movie star mobbing.

Arrived at the train station to get to Kollam - only problem was it was the longest train we have ever seen and no conductors or staff to help us find out where. We asked a couple of other westerners if they knew what was going on, but they had the same problem - no help there! We eventually found the a/c section and just picked a vacant seat. They were quite private, two tier (upper and lower) with a bench seat each and a litle curtain, a nice way to travel. It was the first station and the train goes all the way to Delhi so it gets busier further up the line, we were only going for 90 minutes or so. Train is a much better way to travel than the bus. Another very nice hotel for a cheap price. We went to the beach which is one of the most dangerous beaches we have seen - the steepness and the way the ocean chewed up the waves and dumped with such turbulence was quite scary, although M's wayward sandal was luckily rescued with much risk to life and limb!

On the walk back to town we ran into school children who had just come off the bus and were on the way home, talk about feel like movie stars! We were mobbed and mauled for about 10 minutes, they wanted photos taken, or to shake our hand, and to know our names - it got quite hectic for a while there!