A very orderly and pleasant flight to Kochin. Leaving Chennai viewed the miles of urban sprawl from the air...flew over mountains and greenery...arrived in Kochin seeing lots and lots of green v\from the air. The ride from the airport was pleasant...the city of Cochin is clean, little horn honking, and appears so much more prop\sperous than Chennai...there are stores and businesses that look like what you would see other parts of the world...unlike Chennai which more and more seems like a very dirty, noisy. congested place that I was ready to leave. Although Neel - our guide for the rest of the trip told us that where he was staying in Chennai was so nice he's thinking of relocating there from Pune!
We learned a lot abot Neel on the ride from the aip\rport to our resort - apparentl;y a Dutch palace from the 1700s. Let';s just say it clean, comfortable, and the room is large. yippee!!! we are ready for some creature comforts. I have yet to describe the beautifully painted trucks, whcih I will do at some point...but we drove past a lot that outdid anything we'd seen to date.
A fe more additions to my list from yesterday"
Things carried on the head:
load of banana leaves
load of cement
bricks
huge branch of bananas
Things carried on bicycle cart:
garbage
inner tubes
fuel cans
tea (the pot with tea and cups to sell tea)
BEfore we left Chennai - this morning we went to the flower/fruit/and vegetable market. It was a sight to behold...but my compainons are ready for dinner...so the fuller description will have to wait.
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So I take this to mean that you're staying in a Dutch palace from the 1700s? Remarkable, if so. Hopefully the temps are still warm enough that you're not feeling any 18th century draftiness!
it also sounds perhaps like Cochin has a much smaller population than Chennai, yes? Looking forward to learning more from you!
I could almost feel your pleasure as you left Chennai and went to greener climes. Amazing country though - such contrasts.
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