Kerala Backwaters

Kochi, Southern India

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February 10th 2009
We finished resting and went into Kochi (used to be called Cochin), which is in the southwest of India in the state of Kerala. It’s a large city in an area that’s been populated since prehistoric times, invaded by Portuguese, Dutch and English in turn, all the while with a king in control until independence. The last king died in 1964. We toured a very old synagogue and church. Since it’ ... 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