Fort Cochin to Coimbatore

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we hired a driver to take William and bone to Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu from Kochi in Kerala. We need to be in Coimbatore to pickup Jan (friend of Williams from Albuquerque who should be in great shape since that trip takes 55 hours via Atlanta, Paris and Chennai) and Hugh (from Singapore via Chennai) before we head up into the Nigiri hills town of Ooty.

Heres a flowery tourism description of Coimbatore but it appears to me to be a spawling, noisy, indian city -- http://www.touristplacesinindia.com/coimbatore/about-coimbatore.html

All the pix below are from the 5 hr trip up into the hills from the coastal waterways. Heres a nice writeup on Fort Cochin (which is also called Kochi) : http://www.frommers.com/destinations/cochin/3480010029.html

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Photos

Kochi
Fisherman in early morning

Kochi
Schoolgirls taking a tea break. School uniforms for Hindus are Sarees all of the same colour.

Kochi
Schoolgirls taking a tea break. School uniforms for Hindus are Sarees all of the same colour.

Kochi to Coimbatore
oldest site of mosque in India originally built in 962AD and rebuilt in 2001

Kochi to Coimbatore
man praying in mosque

Kochi to Coimbatore
Mosque Imam -- guy who does the prayer call over the loud speakers

Kochi to Coimbatore
Bhudist temple created almost entirely of brass

Kochi to Coimbatore
worshippers snoozing at temple

Kochi to Coimbatore
William snoozing in back of car

Kochi to Coimbatore
Temple celebrating the cow -- the structure is entirely made of concrete

Kochi to Coimbatore
Girl selling CDs

Kochi to Coimbatore
Man

Kochi to Coimbatore
Indian dentists are supposed to have a good reputation

Coimbatore
Boy working in kitchen

Coimbatore
End of our trip to Coimbatore

Comments

[Paula]

Keep them coming ...
I feel as if I am with you every step of the way! Keep them coming!!!!