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Published: July 14th 2008
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The next day, we decided to catch a bus from the main bus depot in Allepy to Kochi. We did not know until the bus stopped somewhere in between an unknown place and Kochi that there is no straight bus going to Kochi.
We had to stop a couple of local people to ask about a bus to Kochi. Most of those people asked us to stand by the HGT also known as Highway Toll Gate to catch a bus which takes us to Fort Kochi. I assume that we don’t have to take the ferry to go to Fort Kochi from the mainland. Two or three buses did not stop for us even though I almost jumped in the middle of the road to stop one.
In the end, we were lucky to stop a bus which was not crowded. It might have been around 12am and I felt exhausted. I paid no attention to the rest of the passengers, but I just chucked my heavy backpack in between two seats. Some of them looked at me so strangely which made me to think for a long time. Do I appear strange to draw other’s attention? Anyway we
are on the way to Fort Kochi.
As soon as we arrived in Fort Kochi, we began looking for a guest house called Dream Catcher. It was recommended by the nice guest house owner who let us stay in Allepy. Apparently the owner of Dream Catcher is a good friend of the nice guy at Allepy guest house. Some local people were clueless and some others pretend that they are helpful but we could not find this Dreamer Catcher because it was located at the end of a narrow foot path.
At the time of the arrival, we were warmly welcome by the wife of the owner of Dream Catcher.
Dream Catcher was a two floored house. The first floor is designated to tourists like us who cannot bother to organise a room ourselves in advance. The wife and the owner appeared friendly and because of that, we felt comfortable to spend some time there. We were given a nice and clean room for a decent price.
Our guest house owners were happy to reduce the price of the room we required because we seemed nice & cool! It is too good!
Let me write
something different. The owner of Dream Catcher is a fisherman and he is certainly good at catching up his dreams so fast from travellers like us. On our last day at Dream Catcher, The owner came up with a receipt. We have been over charged for one and only dinner which was higher than the cost of the room per night. I paid the bill without getting embarrassed in front of Nanu. As soon as I walked out of the guest house, I explained to Nanu how he made his dream come true today. We got so disappointed which made me to write about this place furthermore. It was an easy trick to get tourists in by offering a room for an affordable price and then overcharge on meals to cover the loss on cheap rooms. I cannot understand how easily people can become dishonest and untrustworthy. We regret to be caught by Mr, Dream Catcher.
It was a successful day for Mr, Dream Catcher but definitely not for us. How could he rip us off for a slice of fried fish with bones and a couple of slices of cucumbers and tomatoes? It is cheating!
The best
moment of the day was Kathakali performance in our last day in Fort Kochi. It was a very first exposure to traditional Kathakali dance for me and I was so amused to see passionate singing, drumming and acting. It was really entertaining.
Kathakali is the classical dance-drama of Kerala, South India, which dates from the 17th century and is originated in Hindu mythology. Kathakali has a unique combination of literature, music, painting, acting and dance. The whole episode was based on two actors and an actress. The demon tried to seduce the queen while the king is away and finally the little king took vengeance from the demon. This performance ran almost an hour and a half. On the way back to Dream Catcher, we had a nice meal at a café by the Chinese fishing area. At the end, I thought that it was a good day!
Chinese fishing nets area is crowded and the adjacent park where I previously spent some time lazily is dirty and neglected. A fisherman tried to fool us buying demanding money for pulling his Chinese fishing net. It was certainly too much of nonsense in a single day.
It is
true that we had a lovely time in Fort Kochi despite the famous palace and the famous nude painting had been closed for the renovation work. So why did they still sell entry tickets to us? It is confusing!
So we are leaving from Fort Kochi to go to Goa. Shall we take a train or a bus?
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