Somehow I convinced Sebastian that departing out little piece of heaven on Kerala’s beach is justified if we visit Pdmanburham Palace 3 hour bus ride away. A complex of 14 palaces dating back to 1550, it is only the largest wooden structure in all of Asia, with masterfully carved rosewood and polished teak - how could it not be spectacular?
We left Kollam early in the morning, took one bus to Trivandrum, loaded into a rickshaw, found a room for the night, walked back to the bus stand and took another bus going to Nagercoil, got out in Thuckalay and, with 1.5h left before the palace closed for the day, sprinted to a rickshaw stand. The wooden masterpiece was only a couple minutes away…or a day in this case - the palace was closed today in observance of a holiday.
There goes one forever lost day in paradise.
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