We went on our first excursion today. I will tell the story on three posts because that was how our day was – three different experiences.

Our first experience was the drive itself. Kerala, where we are right now, is the least populated part of India. It has roughly the population of Canada in about the space of New Brunswick (or smaller). We drove for about three hours each way to get to the two sites we were visiting. Our driver was the same man who picked us up from the airport. He started south and we soon learned that the two-lane highway was actually a very fluid 1-5 lane road. There is a common saying here that all you need to be a good driver in India are three things: a good horn, good brakes, and good luck. We agree! There were times that we were overtaking a bus with mopeds and motorcycles on either side of us going our direction with an oncoming bus and a motorcycle coming towards us. The driver would honk and either speed up or brake to get us through. We thought it was a bit intense going in the morning. Then we hit rush hour coming back! It was insane! – The thing we learned about driving here is that it is very cooperative and they have very few accidents. If you see someone coming, you move over. If you hear someone honking, you let the vehicle pass you or you stop. This would never happen in Alberta. We survived our first road trip in India!