Cochin, India Travel Blogs

Cruising, Cochin, and Kathakali
Jan 19, 2007 (10 photos)

... a large city spread out over a number of islands. We stayed in the historic Portuguese-influenced part called Fort Cochin. One of the legacies of the Portuguese is their architectural influence and that Kerala has one of the highest Christian populations ...

Kali, incense, and major construction!
Jan 29, 2008

... didn't arrive so I arranged a pre-paid taxi and set off for what turned out to be about an hour drive to Fort Cochin from the airport....incessant honking, near collisions with rickshaws, bikers, mopeds and the like all the way.  Finally I put on my ...

Cochin
Apr 18, 2006 (6 photos)

The bus ride to Kochi was a seven hour nightmare and we have decided that any journey which takes longer than 4 hours will be done by train from now on. We go straight to the fort side and stay at a small guest house called Wilson's. It would have been ...

Postal Service Tailors...
Feb 21, 2008

... .  Now, you wouldn't think this seemingly simple task would require much however, you haven't ever tried to do it in India!  As I mentioned in an earlier blog entry, there is a theft problem here apparently, so all packages have to be sewn up in ...

May the guru have your email address please?
Mar 5, 2005 (17 photos)

... land... After spending a wonderful week in Varkala I decided it was time to tear myself away and head up the coast towards Cochin. 3 weeks in India is simply not enough and there was no point in me trying to rush through seeing as much as possible in as ...

Cochin
Feb 2, 2007

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Here comes a VACATION!!!!!!
Dec 23, 2006 (5 photos)

... In fact, I think it was my first REAL vacation - and the place couldn't have been more perfect. We strolled through Fort Cochin, which was delightful.  We all would have loved to have more time for shopping and sight seeing.  But the beach was ...

Kerala - Kochi - 6 nights
Mar 7, 2008 (19 photos)

... and had to stop. His original plan was to cycle to Nepal, but now he's sent his bike home and is backpacking around India. What a great experience that must have been! Day 17 - 10/03/08 Quite an eventful day today, but not really in a tourist sense ...

Kochi Nights..
Dec 17, 2006 (8 photos)

Greetings this time from Kochi(also known as Cochin). Kochi is one of those places in India that's a 'must see' according to most people you meet along the way. With it's Arabic, British, Chinese, Dutch, Italians and Portuguese influences you can ...

May Day, Kathakali, and Keralan Murals
May 1, 2007 (6 photos)

May Day meant that many of the stores were closed in Fort Cochin, Kerala, a democratic state in India with an elected communist government. As one of the "seams of the seasons," May Day was marked by street rallies and relaxing workers. On this day, I ...

dancing cooking and peace
Sep 9, 2008 (15 photos)

... who drifted in and out during our four days stay. Sorry, no more brackets now. Being separated from the mainland Fort Cochin is nice and quite, more goats than rickshaws, quaint cobbled streets and arty cafes that do cake for breakfast. We've ...

Fishing Nets, expensive shirts and books....
Feb 2, 2008

... bite of non-Indian food and drink...except of course the ubiquitous masala chai.  Almost as important it seems in India as petrol.  Served up at any particular time especially when some type of sales transaction is going to take place...of ...

Kochi/Cochin - Kerala Region
Mar 17, 2006 (5 photos)

... ?! But eventually we had to get back into the real world...the Goan beaches are beautiful, but its not the "Real" India...everything there is for tourists, and the minute we drove out of Palolem to Canacona train station the change was incredible..!! ...

A weekend in God's Country
Nov 2, 2007 (23 photos)

... but never did I think I would be having a woman rub me down with herbal powder in the middle of the backwaters of India. It even came with a complimentary toweling off. I only laughed harder when a couple I ran into later that night did the same thing and ...

Grape city
Jan 16, 2008 (25 photos)

Arriving in Ernakulam, the modern business orientated part of Cochin, i had a nightmare finding a room due to a local festival and had to settle for one opposite the bus station after 3hrs of searching. Then took an unnecessary thali and went on a further ...

Hectic India
Oct 13, 2003 (15 photos)

... living purely from coconuts. We were also given our first yoga lesson by a hippie couple from Australia who were really nice. Unfortunately, Cochin has become a bit boring now so it's time to move on further north to Gokarna, just south of Goa. We are ...

Chilling in Cochin / Kochi
Dec 28, 2007 (10 photos)

... and lemon juice 3. driving on the truck for 8 hours on christmas day - wahhhhh!!!! im in a teeny tiny internet place in cochin trying to remember which pics ive put up and which ones ive not.  think i have it sorted. well after i wrote on ...

Cochin
Jan 27, 2007

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Cochin (Kochi)
Dec 16, 2006 (4 photos)

All grown up, the Little Owl went on the exploration of Cochin all on her own. What a brave little owl! She met a wonderful driver of auto-rickshaw, and his English speaking cousin as well. Not much space in the auto-rickshaw though... And the driving was ...

Kerala
Aug 7, 2006 (3 photos)

... having a traumatic naked massage (never again!), attempting to do some shopping (although Sunday means day of rest in Cochin), seeing a traditional Kathakali performance, and eating in some fantastic local haunts we decided that we need to keep moving, as ...

Cochin
Jul 23, 2007 (51 photos)

... was only the beginning of the hospitality. Our afternoon was spent on a city tour and boat ride.  Cochin is India in microcosm:  trash and plastic in piles everywhere, awful looking water in gutters, and fisherman using net contraptions ...

Kathakali and Chinese Fishing Nets
Mar 5, 2008 (19 photos)

... a young boy there. The traditional version is performed over ten hours usually in ashrams! So unique...we both were captivated. Fort Cochin is packed with places to see all within a small area. We visited St Francis' Church, Santa Cruz Basillica (2nd of ...

Kochi (Cochin), Kerala
Dec 28, 2006

After a day on the backwaters and walking around Alleppey. Took an evening 2 hour bus to Kochi

Kumily to Cochin
Feb 2, 2006

... I couldn't resist the lure of my hookey copy of Harry Potter I had picked up in Bombay. Happy Shopper carried me right through to Cochin from where we had to get a cab to the hotel, a further 45mins - who says travel is glamourous eh? We went out in ...

Cochin - Fort and Old City
Apr 28, 2006

... another tourist (ice: white person) so I felt like I must be doing something right to have found the 'others'. Brief summary of Cochin and Kerala in general. Unlike the North that is mostly Hindu with a few Muslims here and there - there is a very strong ...

Cochin-Cochin-Cooo
Jan 26, 2006 (5 photos)

The train journey was a painless affair. We caught a rickshaw down to the local ferry as our destination of Fort Cochin was on an island! We met up with a German/Israeli called Sacha who shared a room with Kit in the hotel we found in the centre of ...

Fort Kochi
Feb 15, 2008 (35 photos)

... I had was a 100-rupee bill.  It was time for a Rupee Standoff, which is what happens when change is needed in India.  The customer says "I don't have change," and the business says "I don't have change," and both sides shrug their shoulders for a ...

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Feb 6, 2007

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Southern India
Jan 13, 2006

... is quite a feat as we've even braved seafood on filthy India's shores and eaten the occasional meal in places like Mumbia. 2 - India has some wonderful environments. The dust and grime of the north has gradually given way to green in the south. 3 - ...

cochin sweet cochin
Oct 17, 2007

... and am looking forward to staying put here for a while. The room is very simple but i dont need anything fancy.  Cochin is like a small fishing village with old fashioned japanese fishing nets that are probably at least 50 feet tall or more. ...