An Indian Kitchen

Our hostess for our home stay was extremely proud of her kitchen. Notice that at the far end there's a wood-burning stove (basically a grid over a place to light a fire), where she does much of her cooking. No ovens.

Kochi, Southern India

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

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