Backpacker Beach Paradise

Jeff and I have landed in backpackers' beach paradise. We ditched our prior rough plan to head to a wildlife reserve (where supposedly there are elephants and tigers, although we have yet to meet anyone who has been there and actually seen anything more than a couple of monkeys) and opted instead for a beach town pretty far south down the coast called Varkala. Good choice! It's like the best beach we've been to in Thailand or Vietnam, but better. Jeff commented that its kind of like the beach in "The Beach," but less creepy. So what turned into 2 nights' stay has become 4, and we will be here until we are forced to leave to fly back north for our camel safari in the desert.