Last night we left Goa, taking an overnight train to Kochi, Kerala in Southern India.
We are staying in a place called Fort Cochin, which is part of a big island off the mainland. Palm trees and connceted water is everwhere. Here it is clean and the people seem friendly. Once again, we are in a tourist area, and I haev seen so many white westerners. It is a bit of culture shock, because the village where the ashram was, was not a tourist destination at all, and we mostly interacted with local people.
On our ferry ride to Fort Cochin we met someone that had a converted house into and homestay/guesthouse/motel called tantraa. We decided to stay there and cancel our reservation at another more expensive place. It is costing us so little (only $3 each) to stay in this cute place with an aewsome rooftop to lounge and hangout out. The bathrooms are so nice. ( I ahve become acustomed to dirty/moldy bathrooms.) In our guesthouse there is a kitchen upstairs on the rooftop/deck where we can cook our own meals. Tonight we are buying some fresh fish a vegetables, and the homestay housekeeper is going to help us cook Kerala Fish Curry.
I am looking forward to spending 6days in the same place. I'll have time to settle, unpack a little, and get to know the area.
I'll post pictures soon!
