Hello everyone,
We left Udaipur last Saturday and flew to Kochi in Kerala and we stayed in Fort Cochin for three nights. Fort Cochin was nice. It was small and pretty quiet. It was Onam which is the Hindu Festival that actually originated in Kochi so there were lots of family celebrations going on. They celebrated in a similar way we do for Christmas. Most families travelled to be together and ate lots of food . There were many restaurants closed but we found one open that was serving their traditional Onam meal called Onam Sadhya. Usually served on a large banana leaf, it has 25(sometimes more) of the different kerala curries. The Indian people eat with their hands and the lady in the restaurant was adamant that I try it that way. It's very difficult to eat rice with your hands but the indians are very good at it!
Yesterday we bravely took the bus from Fort Cochin into the mountains of Munnar. A hill station home to the largest tea growing region. It was a 5 hour bus ride with seriously windy roads. Poor Theo fell victim to the twisting roads and was pretty sick throughout the journey. We made it there safely though which was a the mail goal. We think we'll look into hiring a driver for the next journey as the bus ride was pretty hectic!
This morning we woke up early and met our trekking guide, Sri, at 7am. There were two other girls from Perth that came too, so it was a small group which was nice. The trek was six hours and it was just amazing. The views and the information Sri shared with us was very interesting. Sri's wife had made us breakfast (Chappatti and curry -for breakfast!) which we ate on a rock at the highest peak.
The best part about Munnar is that the climate here is alot cooler and the air is so fresh.
Tomorrow we plan to head to Allappuzha (also known as Alleppey) for a couple fo nights and from there we will head to Varkala Beach.
G & T
xxx
We left Udaipur last Saturday and flew to Kochi in Kerala and we stayed in Fort Cochin for three nights. Fort Cochin was nice. It was small and pretty quiet. It was Onam which is the Hindu Festival that actually originated in Kochi so there were lots of family celebrations going on. They celebrated in a similar way we do for Christmas. Most families travelled to be together and ate lots of food . There were many restaurants closed but we found one open that was serving their traditional Onam meal called Onam Sadhya. Usually served on a large banana leaf, it has 25(sometimes more) of the different kerala curries. The Indian people eat with their hands and the lady in the restaurant was adamant that I try it that way. It's very difficult to eat rice with your hands but the indians are very good at it!
Yesterday we bravely took the bus from Fort Cochin into the mountains of Munnar. A hill station home to the largest tea growing region. It was a 5 hour bus ride with seriously windy roads. Poor Theo fell victim to the twisting roads and was pretty sick throughout the journey. We made it there safely though which was a the mail goal. We think we'll look into hiring a driver for the next journey as the bus ride was pretty hectic!
This morning we woke up early and met our trekking guide, Sri, at 7am. There were two other girls from Perth that came too, so it was a small group which was nice. The trek was six hours and it was just amazing. The views and the information Sri shared with us was very interesting. Sri's wife had made us breakfast (Chappatti and curry -for breakfast!) which we ate on a rock at the highest peak.
The best part about Munnar is that the climate here is alot cooler and the air is so fresh.
Tomorrow we plan to head to Allappuzha (also known as Alleppey) for a couple fo nights and from there we will head to Varkala Beach.
G & T
xxx
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