Poor us

5/4/11-6/4/11

Poor us. We are both holled up in our hotel room with diarrhoea and vomiting where due to the wonders of wifi I have contact with the outside world. Two nights ago I began to feel sick managed to get no sleep are found myself feeling shitty on the morning of the 4/4/11. There was no oppertunity to stay put as we had to pack, collect some more shirts that had been made for us and then horror of horrors embark on a 15 hour train trip. This we the que for James to begin to be sick ( 10 times ) in total! Now being sick is never fun but doing so on a moving train added another level of complexity as he had to remain standing and avoid touching the floor or walls as whislt the toilet we fairly clean it was far from hygeenic. After 15 hours of feeling crap ( addmitidly I slept for most of it and will be eternally greatfull to James who had booked 1st class ac) we arrived in chennai. After a protracted argument with a taxi driver who wanted to charge us more than the pre printed pre paid tick and then drop us in a different place to where we wanted to be we eventually arrived at the hotel. We were shown to our room (ac with twin beds- another blessing in the form of James planning). We both then spent the whole day either sleeping, being sick or pooing. If the outward signs of being I'll were not enough James nearly had had a heart attact when I suggested ordering from room service as in 10 years I have always been far too tight to do this. Later that day we decided that we had better try eating again but curry was far from appealing so I walked out to KFC- again somthing I normally refuse to eat. Feeling exhausted after walking to Kfc I decided to jump in a tuc tuc. After agreeing a price we arrived at the hotel and I paid. Inevitably (the taxi drivers here have a bad reputation) he wanted more money. I refused and walked to the hotel. He followed shouting and threw the money on the floor. Returning to the room shaken and exhausted I decided that at least I was a good hunter gatherer as I had returned with 'food' for my Bo!

Here after followed more pooing and feeling Ill. Well at least chennai was more a transit stop that a destination so spendind a few days in the room is not too bad- atleat there is ac wifi and the BBC!