23rd February 2012

After re-uniting with Kartic our driver at Allepey we had just a half hour journey northwards towards Cochin to our beachside hotel at Mararikulam. We arrived too early to check into our rooms and so we camped by the poolside and swam, read and completed crosswords until we could get our rooms.








In the afternoon we went to the beach and just swam and sunbathed.


It is a lovely hotel, very reminiscent of the Club Dolphin hotel in Sri Lanka where we stayed two years ago. First thing in the morning as we came out of the room we saw two crows attacking and eventually killing a rat!!


Bad night last night for Savi, still has a fever and was delirious through the night so this morning went to a large hospital in Cochin on the way to our last hotel in Kerela. The hospital was very efficient and we quickly got to see a doctor who arranged for blood and urine tests, but was confident from Savi's description that she had an infection that needed anti-biotics. The process of getting Savi registered (Rs 300) then blood and urine sampled and tested (Rs 1315) where they seemed to search for ages to find a descent vein to withdraw blood, and then off to the pharmacy for four sets of different medicines (Rs 163) was an interesting process for Elia and myself to witness. Just three and a half hours later in the day I went back to the hospital and saw the doctor who went through the blood and urine tests from the morning with me and confirmed she had picked up a urine infection and he was confident he had prescribed the correct medicines. All in all I think the process was quicker, politer and better than an equivalent visit to an A & E hospital in England. Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Location:Mararikulam