Week two - Kottayam - Kumily (Periyar) - Fort Cochin
2008-02-25, Cochin, India. By: rabbitts

Not only did I wake up every hour in Kottayam from the sheer heat I also was woken up by someone scrubbing the floor at 3am and someone checking in next door at 4am. Needless to say that when I woke u...

Kerala
2007-02-25, Cochin, India. By: jbauhs

Yesterday marked the beginning of the last week I will spend in India (at least on this trip!). For one last hurrah, Holly and Andrea (the two physical therapy students from KUMC) and I decided to fo...

Street Vendors and Other Fun
2006-10-02, Cochin, India. By: kfisher

In India everything happens on the streets. You can buy your vegetables and meat from little stalls on the street, browse for books, eat a meal and even get your haircut! Life happens at the street. B...

Tea and spices
2004-02-11, Cochin, India. By: eberglund

After having the biggest ‘Dosa masala’ (rice pancake) I’ve ever seen for breakfast (I’m not kidding it was more than 0.5 m long, they had to fold it in half to fit it on the plate) we went to the ferr...

A very nice little town
2004-02-11, Cochin, India. By: rachael

We took the overnight train from GOA to Erakulam. From Erakulam we took the boat over to Cochin. This was quite as they are not far away from each other. We have booked into a little hotel and will...