25/3/11 continued...
As our day time had been somewhat unorganized we went to see some traditional Kathakali theater in the evning. The pictures of the crazy make up made it look fabulous. The reality was that there was no speaking, and everything was communicated through hand movements and 9 types of facial expression. It was a combination between a bad drag act and a poor pantomime. James has better facial expressions. We were glad we had opted for the tourist version as the real version goes on for 12 hours- our 1 hour was plenty. In its defense I think that had we understood the hand movements and the wailing/singing of the drummer the play may have had more context and we would have understood it better but I think we will limit our attendance to bad acting to Canal Street.
We are due to travel by bus to the backwaters today. This is the first time James has not booked tickets and we are just turning up to jump on a bus. I have identified what I think is a suitable bus and what I think is the pick up point but only time will tell if it works. For my sake I hope it does as my lackadaisical approach to travel is at a polar opposite to James views on how transport should be approached…
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