The monsoon and I arrived in southern India at about the same time. It had been pouring rain here for two days before I arrived. Last night, our delayed Thai air flt came into Chennai after midnight and the downtown was so flooded that it was going to be hard to get to. The people here use too many of those fine - I think it is 2 mm - plastic bags and they throw them around like everything else, and when the monsoon arrives, it washes the bags into the catch basins plugging them and flooding the area. I had to stay in the most humble of places, and on the way over there were cows everywhere attempting to shelter from the rain - mainly in the doorwys of shops. I can never understand why so many cows are in a city instead of out where the grass is. I did see one forlorn cow standing in the middle of a 4-lane road looking as tho she might be glad to find the country someday.
The rain is scheduled to last at least thru tomo'rw. It really throws a spike in plans as it is hard to do much of anything in the powerful downpours. I am staying in central Cochin, which is a dump, and hope to move out to Ft. Cochin tom'rw. It is much more expensive out there (as in $125 a night) but I am not here to be miserable in order to save money just now.
My stomach is all better for the moment. I had five days of difficulty and low energy I think fro some hot food I got on my last night in China. Oddly, the repair for it was to eat mild indian food in Bangkok. Must go, Kevin
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