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Travel Blogs from Kochi
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... A rapid pack and shower ensued and we were ready in time to disembark. Finding the taxi driver was the next challenge which was only surpassed in finding him and wondering if he had had his 10th birthday yet..... Unphased, we entered the cab and enjoyed a vigorous journey back to Fort Kochin. The rest of the day has been spent grazing on various levels of food and drink, culminating in a bottle of Indian Sauvignon Blanc in a rather fancy hotel. Night bus, here we ...
Highlights of Kochi
... and while away the afternoon whilst floating gently downstream.
Pinepapples, bananas along with vanilla, nutmeg and all sorts growing for local consumption... Fresh water mussels provide protein and their shells are burnt in a great furnace to obtain calcium for the pharmaceutical industry.
The city itself is spread across a cluster of islands. So ...
Rundtur i Kochi
Vaknade upp på ett ganska lyxigt hotell i Kochi efter
gårdagens flygning och väntan. Hotellet vi hamnade på hade ett för fräscht
badrum och en mjuk säng. De jätte små kackerlackorna som kröp runt på golvet la
man inte ens märke till.
Vi gick till en juice bar i staden. Malin beställde Chocklad Shake som faktiskt var god! Viktor en juice och jag tänkte testa en falooda utan att ha ...
Boating in the Backwaters
... time we reached the next stop we had to wait for around 10 minutes before we got off the boat.
Our poor drivers were soaked through to the skin one even making a rain hat from a huge green leaf … very haute couture. Eventually we managed to disembark and arrived at a rope making factory. We say factory, it was really a small house that was painted florescent green.
They gave us a demonstration in ...
Air India does it again!
... possibility of the flight not taking off at all!
A mini revolt by my co-passengers meant that the Managing Director and his sub-ordinate had to make a little appearance to calm us down. After much back and forth, the MD revealed that the flight would indeed depart at 9:30 PM. Air India also went the extra mile to arrange a little meal for every passenger of the flight to Kochi. Is that enough to get ...