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Tuk Tuk Trials and Tribulations !
... of men! We had a really good chat, Roy has a colourful past as a roadie in the UK among other professions and now has a plumbing business in Auckland. He did a bit of name dropping ( but not bragging) just telling great stories about famous singers and bands he had worked with.
Roy then left to get the ferry back , we wished him well with the rest of his treatment and asked to see the results of his new teeth when he gets them finished . He has had teeth ...
End of India - A summary
... that signifies 'ok’ or ‘yes’ in response to requests and the huge number of people that directed us to the right place, or helped us get off a train at the right stop or helped with our bags on a crowded bus. Finally you can’t be in India without seeing a cow or seven wandering down the main road, or curling up in the fast lane of the express way, joining us for some sunbathing on the beach or trying to head butt Cat!
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City Tour
... at a Hindu Shrine. We all took off our shoes and were allowed to walk into the shrine and take some photographs. The shrine was sandy, well used and elephant poop on the ground was indicative that we were not the only strangers to visit.
The St. Francis Church was once a Dutch Reform Church, but was converted to a Catholic church when the Dutch were vanquished. Vasco Da Gama ...
Not such a Fort
... more skill in it. We went for dinner with our bollywood friends and between me and Sam Boy we shared a whole tandoori chicken.
The next day Sam Boy wasn't feeling too well again so I went off by myself to explore the historic aspects of Fort Cochin. I started in the Indo-Portuguese Museum which has the remains of the Portuguese Fort. I couldn't help but laugh as the remains could only be described as a few bricks in the basement. ...
What? No Fort?
Kochi is another city settled on the edges of the backwaters. It has been owned by the Dutch, Portuguese and the British so it's a nice blend of lots of Colonial architecture.
Our first mission was to work out how we were going to get to Mysore. We were looking at either a 9 hour bus journey or the train to Bengalore, followed by a 3 hour bus journey. As crazy as it sounds the buses here so far have not been the sort of ones you could settle ...
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