We arrived at the train station and got a tuktuk to our homestay. We went out for lunch and then had a walk to the beach and to see the Chinese fishing nets which is a popular tourist spot. This place was not as expected, it was dirty, there was rubbish every where and it just did not look very nice. We went to a cafe for a drink before heading back to the homestay and then out for food in the evening.
The next day we had a bit of a lie in to make up for all of the early starts we have been having. Then we went to Jain Temple which was recommend to us by a random Indian man that shouted us to go into his opticians. The main attraction at this temple is ‘pigeon-feeding’. Everyday, hundreds of pigeons are fed here by the old man at the temple. He came out with the bag of mixed grains and called out for the birds and hundreds of pigeons came to the courtyard to be fed. They gave us some of the grains to put in our hands and the pigeons ate from our hands. (It was pretty minging but something different we suppose). We had lunch, a walk around the city which again, wasn’t a very nice city. In the evening, we went to watch a Kathakali show which is one of the major forms of classical Indian dance and popular in Kochi. It was actually a story play where the actors were wearing exaggerated and colourful make-up, using hand gestures and movements instead of words to act out the play… We had no idea what was going on! Neither of us were impressed by Kochi. Next stop Munnar..
Kerry and Jonho's Travels 