Day 247 : Early bus to Thanjavur

Got up at 4.45am and made our way to the bus station. There was no way of really telling which was our bus just spent the first half hour wandering around the huge bus station asking random people which bus to get (also nothing much written in Latin script). Found what we thought was the right bus and stood next to it till about 6am then the bus drivers woke up (they sleep in the bus) and confirmed it was the correct one. Bus not very comfortable but quite empty which was good for the 6 hour journey.

Checked into our “splurge” hotel in Thanjavur which is quite posh and very clean yey! Had a nice and cheap lunch. Bought some more naughty Indian sweets (similar to fudge).

Generally in the south women wear garlands of small white flowers in their hair which smell sweet. Saw more ?bullocks? with painted horns pulling carts. People often have white stripes painted on their foreheads. Like everywhere young children and babies have black dots on their face (I think to create an imperfection to ward off the evil eye).

Had dinner in the same cafe as it is clean and cheap but decided not to go back because the waiters are really annoying.