Three runners tackling a lovely route — just over a half-marathon — from Edappally to Paravur amid a heat wave in Kerala. We met the old man at the final ferry. The government — so the old man said — hadn’t yet worked out details of land acquisition for the bridge to truly connect. The most visible worries about Kerala grew similarly; promise transformed to rogue elephant. The old man drove his scooter on to the ferry — essentially a platform on two canoes with rusty engine for propulsion.

Source: The Telegraph April 21, 2019 02:15 UTC