Cochin

Cochin, India
It was a special day to observe an otherwise very poor city. Today was a religious holiday and many of the residents dressed in their traditional India dress clothes. Some of the men wore long skirts tied at their waist. If they were not in the church area they picked up the bottom of the skirt and tied it around their waist, making a skirt above the knee. The women wore beautiful, colorful saris; children were dressed either like their fathers or like their mothers. Quite a contrast – driving through the poor, poor city seeing beautiful ly dressed people walking amongst the goats, scooters, trash, tuk tuk taxies, hawkers, and sacred skinny cows. We went through a spice market, many carpet/trinket stores, helped some fisherman lower a big fishing net, visited an old palace, and drove through streets that were barely wide enough for the van we were in. Playing chicken was the rule of the day. We saw several driving schools, but we don’t think they had any business. We saw no internet assistance centers. The temp was above 90 and the humidity had to be about 100%. We gave up about noon and spent the afternoon on the ship. Betty, Leila and Shirley played mah jongg . Jerry and Dennis took naps and Terry went to the hot tub! Tonight we’re having an outdoor India buffet. We’re hoping we don’t see goat as an entrée. We’ll let you know.
Six BMK Travelers
4/15 – We all paid our Taxes!