Drip, drip..

[Samuel]
The digestive infection picked up in Madurai came back on reaching Coonoor, affecting me quite badly and I have ended up on a drip (in the local hospital) for two days.
Fortunately the hospital is right next to the hotel as the hospitals do not cater for inpatients and so Cathy has had to ferry meals from the hotel to the hospital for two days.

[They were marvellous about cooking really simple easily digestible food, for me to take, boiled potatoes and baked fish, or rice. Samuel couldn't face eggs or dal and neither of us could cope with anything curried [Cathy]]

Cathy did a marvellous job of looking after me despite having some symptoms herself (which the hospital successfully treated) and the hospital provided excellent care in terms of nursing, though as you'd expect in a poor country, the facilities are fairly basic (but cheap by western standards).
Everything was itemised on the bill down to each piece of plaster to hold in the canula (IV drip), and even the cost of bill preparation!
I am feeling fine now although a little thinner and we will rest for a couple of days at least until we are both fully recovered. We'll probably stay for a few more days to explore the area (which has some lovely scenery) - so far Cathy has been limited to the gardens around the hotel - where she has seen some new birds.