Fort Kochi

Day 15 - Kochi

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February 2nd 2012
From our balcony this morning, we had a perfect view of the local kids playing cricket before they went to school/work - at 9 o'clock they had all disapeared. We have witnessed this scene throughout our journey through India - sometimes not enough money to buy a cricket bat, but using a substitute - branch of tree or lump of wood. The wicket is not usually green but more usually sandy. We now ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more