Rob's first day in India

Rob’s First days in India

The City of Kochi
The city is very busy with lots of cars, busses, auto-rickshaws, motorbikes and bicycles. There are lots of shops, people, both poor and rich, and tailors encouraging you to buy their stuff. There are interesting juices, like pineapple, cucumber, watermelon, orange, lemon and lime soda. There is lots of garbage, the sidewalks are crooked in spots and there are lots of palm trees.

Next Day Nov 6
We took an auto-rickshaw to Fort Kochi where we saw all sorts of things, such as a spice market, palaces. Fort Kochi is the old part of Kochi which is on an island. To get there you have to take a boat. Old Kochi is full of markets and alleyways. We went into a palace, which now is a museum, where we saw paladins (things for strong men to carry the king), spears, a swing and murals. Later that day we went to the clothing bazaar in Ernakulum (new Kochi) where the boys bought shirts and mom bought an Indian outfit. Lots of people asked us where we come from and what are our names. They were very nice and polite.

Written by Rob, Nov 7th