More lazy beach days in Varkala

Sad to say, but my beach bumming days have come to an end. I have spent the last three days hanging out on the beaches here in Varkala. It is another beautiful place with wonderful beaches. Although a bit crowded with the "package tourist" crowd, the swimming has been great and no matter how busy a beach is it is always nice to laze the days away in the sand. But enough about the beaches, time for a funny story. You better sit down for this one. So I have been keeping my eyes peeled for a barber the last few days. I was just looking for a little trim so that I could experience the Indian barber thing, they are known to do marvelous work. But of course, as it always goes in India, when you are looking for something you will never find it, but when you are not looking for it is always being shoved in your face. But the other day a woman approached me and wanted to give me a haircut. I took it as a sign and gave her the business. She by no means was a barber, she had a small beauty salon where she did manicures and all that stuff. However she assured me she had trimmed beards and hair before and I trusted her. Her little shack had a lousy mirror in it so I couldn't see the cut until I got back to my room. I discovered that she had absolutely massacred my head. It was bad. I have a feeling that that was her trial run for the haircut thing. So I had to do something, I tried to further trim my beard but it was a lost cause, most of it went bye bye. As for my scalp, well beyond anything I could I fix. I went into town and found a real barber, just like the one I was in search of, and after I explained that a woman at a beauty salon messed up my hair, all he could do is shake his head and point out the steps across the back of my head. However, he worked his magic (he was amazing with the scissors) and was able to bring symmetry back to my hair. In the end I lost probably 75% of my hair, but what the heck, it will grow back. Plus, I think I am not sweating as much. Hope you enjoyed that, you can only laugh with me, I am finding the whole ordeal quite humorous myself.

Bringing in the catch of the day

The beach and cliffs of Varkala

Surreal sailing on the Lakshaweep Sea