The ocean....just saying the word makes everything seem better and waking up to it everyday is simply unbeatable!
After another 15 hours of travel, (approximately 500kms here in India!), which consisted of 14 hours of an aggrevating, horn honking, mosquito ridden bus ride, where we experianced approximately 150 near death experiances,followed by a short ferry ride and a tuk tuk adventure, we arrived in Fort Kochi. Its one of the many small islands that make up this part of the Malabar Coast in southern India. A super laid back, colonial town with picturesque, portugese inspired buildings, lazy winding alleyways and calm waters.
Didn't do much here except unwind and wash off the dirt that had accumulated inland. A cooking class took up one afternoon, and slowly meandering through the silent, but expressive streets, and watching the fisherman with their cantilever chinese nets managed to fill the rest of the 2 days.
On sunday, we arrived in Allepphey, pleasantly surprised since the dreaded bus trip was for once incredible easy. This little place in the transport hub for the backwaters of Kerala. Its a dizzying network consisting of about 900kms worth of small waterways. Its home to what seems like an infinite amount of tiny villages and rice paddies. We spent a lazy 8 hours in a canoe, drifting in and out of peoples daily lives and soaking up the sun!
On a sidenote, oscar craze hit India hard and everyone is so proud of Slumdog millionaire here...its a beautiful thing!. =)
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