On Saturday we explored Kochi. We visited the palace of the royal family (they were around until a little after WWII) in the morning. It has an amazing road/ stairs leading up to the building. It really makes you feel like you are approaching somewhere important. Sadly, once inside there are no photographs. The building was set up like a museum.
At the palace there is a deer park. They like to eat leaves and are not afraid of people.
Jack fruit trees are not uncommon.
In India commercial vehicles are awesome. Apart from belonging to a long forgotten decade, they have awesome paint jobs going for them. Each one will have wonderfully bright paintings on the cab and often extending around the entire vehicle. Depictions of deer and birds are common. Another great part is the messages painted above the bumpers. I have seen "We two, us one" "One mother" "Life is not a race, drive with grace" "one is best, avoid aides" "keep at least 1 meter" and my personal favorite (pictured above) "OH MY GOD." I found it fitting considered that the bumper is the height of a regular Indian car's windshield.
Later on we got Ayurvedic massages. This picture is all I want to say about that.
We went to Jew Town. Yes, that is the official neighborhood's name. It used to have many jews and a famous synagogue. Now it has two old Jews and tons of Kashmiri business men. I didn't have my camera, but imagine a quaint little street with shops. I bought an Indian Doti there (man-skirt). I wore it for the rest of the day and had a great response. The only problem was that every single person on the street stopped me to show me the way they grew up tying it. It was a fun time. After Jew Town we went to the fish market.
We would watch the Chinese fish nets grab the fish and then we could pick the one we wanted to eat.
Prawns
Chef right next to the market.
Indian Bob Marley.
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