Arrival in Cochin

28/12/2015 by johnnyozz 2 Comments

After a long journey, including a very tedious layover in Mumbai airport, we finally arrive in Cochin from where our adventure will start. The taxi from the airport to our hotel gave us a very brief taste of what we have in store, as our driver ran the gauntlet of overladen buses & lorries, motorbikes carrying up to 4 people and assorted animals wandering around in the road.
With all 3 of us ‘running on vapours’ from the journey, we wait at the hotel for a couple of hours until some rooms are available and then catch up on a few hours much needed sleep. Mid afternoon, a little more refreshed, we head off to the colonial fort to rendezvous with the organisers and our rickshaw, only to find that it isn’t there and is still being prepared, which probably involves some careful ‘servicing’ with string and hammers. We are assured that everything will be fine and to come back tomorrow; which I suspect will become a common mantra during this trip.

A brief stroll to visit the Chinese fishing nets and a beachside market, followed by a supper of curry and Kingfisher, sees us ready to turn in as jet lag kicks in fully. Hopefully tomorrow we’ll have a rickshaw!!!!

Due to some technical issues resulting from very weak wi-fi, I won’t upload many pictures on this post, but I’ll try to make amends tomorrow