I'm stranded ... hooray

Varkala: 21st May

Today there’s a transport strike, auto-rickshaws, the buses and trains are affected. I’ll be stranded here for today. Wonderful. In Varkala town I saw the temple and sat watching people washing their clothes, slapping them violently on the ghats by the large tank. I bumped in to a fellow beach-footballer called Nasser. He had met a Swedish backpacker 2 years ago and recently got married to her, and was waiting for his residency permit before his new life in Stockholm.