Day Out in Madurai

Yesterday groups A and B had a day off as the work was well ahead of schedule and we had heard of the Theme Park at Madurai! With water slides etc it is a rough and wilder version of Wet’n Wild on the Gold Coast. Chris and Chas Thompson, Josh, Will and myself decided to visit the world famous Sri Meenashi Temple. I had been to the waterpark last year and did not need to put my body through such a rigmarole again.

We met for a rooftop dinner on a fancy hotel, and heard stories of how the boys had taken over the park, turning rides on and off as they pleased, coaxing the attendants to let them do asthey wished. Most had an array of bruised elbows, knees and feet, and tales of near-death experiences. Ben H seemed to defy gravity when his bulk almost burst out the top of the ride known as the Space Bowl. The group also challenged to load capacity of a tuk-tuk finally managing to get 10 in the one enlarged tuk-tuk. Unfortunately no pictures are available.

Dinner began at 5 for some and 6 for most. The ordering was completed by about 6.30, and then came the delivery, spread over the next 90 minutes. Beau managed to get served first, then put in another order and be served second also! Will D had to wait till 8 before his tandoori chicken arrived. The bill came to just over R6300 for the 15 of us. We had planned to get the last bus back at 8pm. However we didn’t leave the meal till nearer 9pm. Fortunately we found a travel agent open, and booked a bus to take us back to the door at G Kallupatti in relative comfort.