Little Arches Cochin

... helped us buy the cream and told us that the pills that that pharmacist recommended were not good.  I was able to communicate a little in sign language, and his mime skills (and pen and paper) were helpful.  He told us about his ex-girlfriend ...

... . We spend the whole day looking and have now seen so many we have forgotten which we like best. We end up bagging a room at Arches it's brand spanking new and end of season so its cheaper though not as cheap as we'd like. We bump into Matt & Ally ...

... confidence", rehydrating, and a good nap for a couple of hours we were both good as new so we wandered around for a little bit before dinner, then returned to the hotel roof for dinner.   During dinner we were treated to a dance show.  ...

... family stopped to chat with us and make small small talk-apparently practicing her English, which was much better than ours.]   A little while later, we were called to dinner, where we sat down in the dining room and met another couple from ...

... cheese, hamburgers, brownies a la mode, and cheesecake!  YUM.     Day two of our stay in Kochi through a little wrench in our plans because all of Kerala was on a strike in which no driving was allowed!  They were protesting the ...

... a lot of the swamp back home in Louisiana, except here palm trees replace cypress trees and back home there is much less development and little naked brown children. At the end of the boat ride, I made connections, city to city, to get to Madurai. ...