The journey from the airport to Fort Cochin was quite an interesting one. Found a lonely traveller at the airport so we decided to share a taxi to Fort Cochin and save on the cost. Prepaid taxi was 635 rupees (9 euro), outside the airport at the taxi rank was a barrage of men in skirts, some long , some short, and some waving theirs in the air, I guess in order to cool down. The taxi was a funky white Ambassador, inside was carpeted all over. It took over 2 hours to get from the airport to our destination, having to cross 2 bridges and pay the toll fare (20 at one, 10 at the other). The main ojective of drivers in India is to overtake, regardless of how dangerous it is, at one point
... read more