The day broke with wretching coming from cabin 1. Concern turned to mutterings as to whether we would have to buy a new houseboat for our hosts after further investigation revealed a member of Tuk Norris had had a pretty horrible night - from both ends - and had left a bit of a mess in his wake.. All over the upper deck.
Breakfast was served and discussions about last nights events were pretty low key (besides the mess) as most of us were content to lick our wounds after a pretty heavy celebration of the past 2 weeks achievements..
After a very slow and quiet (bar the roar of our angry 2-stroke) return journey to Kochi
Some of our favourite stories include: Three rolled tuks; many accidents with dogs, cows, people, bikes, and other tuks; a seriously lacerated arm; a septicemia from an untreated ankle abrasion; and a polish team driving the last 600km in the dark in order to finish on time!!
After the official handover of keys and stripping of our tuk we got stuck into a game of cricket with the locals in the town square (we were in Fort Kochi - an awesome old quarter of Kochi with loads of old historic buildings, restaurants, bars and guesthouses). We duly won with the most notable performances coming from Tuk Norris' Mike with the bat, and from both of our male contingent captaining and taking wickets respectively..
The official race after party almost didn't happen after initial eagerness and excitement at getting to the top level of the ferry almost caused us to capsize halfway across the harbour - however I imagine our driver could probably have capsized a lifeboat single-handedly - it seems licenses to navigate people carriers of all kinds are freely accessible to whoever shows the slightest interest!
A trophy, another great meal, too many Kingfishers and another ropy ferry trip back later, and we were all safely tucked into bed ready for our respective journeys home over the next few days...
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Well done guys!!!!
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