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Published: August 28th 2009
I have been staying at the Old Harbour Hotel in Fort Kochi. It is, as the name suggests, close to the old harbour and when I go down that way the first things that catch my eyes are the giant Chinese Fishing Nets which stand by the side of the sea.
Kochi (or Cochin, as it used to be spelled) has been the centre for traders coming to India for millenia. The Chinese first came here many years a...
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tessa mills
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God's own country indeed
I have loved your blog entries, from your initial wonders of Kao San road and wet T shirt competitions to 'teaching' in Krabi and Udaipur, (I think you should take up a new career as a singing teacher upon your return) to the delights, wonders and frustrations that is India. Kerala though is another pace altogether and Its my favourite state in India. Do head up into one of the hill stations such as Ooty. They are another reminder of the British Colonial empire and how the British were in India and yet somehow not really part of it. Did you see the paintings in the ladies bedroom at the Dutch Palace in Kochi ???????!!!!!!!!!!