Saj, our homestay owner, made arrangements for us to get a traditional Indian oil rub early this morning. A tuk tuk driver met us at 7:25A and we left the touristy area for a local place. We had two woman working on us. The table was a beautiful hard wood, […]
Travel Notes
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Just to note, we are in the city of Cochin, state of Kerala. Specifically, we are staying in Fort Cochin, the ancient port town. It is tropical, no high rises, easy to walk, lots of Palm trees, lots to see. We’ve switched to Indian breakfasts now. Pineapple lassies, rotti and […]
A word about shoes. For those of you who insisted I take comfortable closed-toed, washable shoes, I thank you. I have only put them on for a few hours (the Dhavari walk), but it was worth every minute. The rest of the time, just watch where you step! South India […]
Still days 3 & 4 Not sure how to even talk about Dhavari. If you look at Wikipedia, you will read that is is the largest slum in Asia with a population density of up to 600 people per sq acre. There are not enough toilets (one per 1440 residents […]