Everything in India takes a long, long time, but you generally get there in the end. Yesterday was the day of the great mattress expedition, and it's quite possible that I am now the only person in the city of Mavelikkara in possession of a pink European pocket sprung mattress - 'family' sized. I should say at this point that any family thinking of moving in on my glorious new bed ware should think again.
I'd spent the first three nights lying on the usual India coir mattress. It's a bit like horsehair, only thinner, hotter and lumpier. Probably complete with whole colonies of interesting insect life. I itched in places I'd never itched before, so something had to give. In this case, 6,900 rupees (around £90). And worth every penny. I bought a rocking chair as well, so that I can sit on the roof outside my apartment and watch the world go by in comfort. Bliss.
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