Ernākulam, India
9° 59' N 76° 16' E
Nov 27, 2006 07:02
Distance 152km

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pizza hut

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after a 5 hour hellish bus ride, we decided to overnight in ernakulam instead of adding another 1.5 hour ride to allepy and the backwaters.

we found a hotel built on top of a pizza hut and so the choice of where to stay was a no brainer. (I'm starting to feel like that close-minded US tourist on their 2 week vacation getting agro cause everything doesn't feel like home:  why's the food taste so funny? where's the mc donalds? how come these people don't speak english?! what's that grasshopper doing in my biryani? (K - I actually DID ask that question a couple days ago...)) but whatever - cheese is cheese and MAN we are craving it!

next day we hopped a ferry across the bay to fort cochin. ferry cost 2.5 rupees - that's like 2 a penny - easily the cheapest transport I've EVER taken. already loving this place! fort cochin was settled by the portugees thousands of years ago and is just oozing with charm, cuteness, other tourists (actually a good thing) and shops full of TP. we're already talking about coming back. I've yet to take a day 'off' and do some painting - with a place this cute....and with this much easy-access TP, seems like a great choice.

next day we were finally up to another hell-on-wheels bus ride so time to git. I got a migraine within the first 10 mins on the bus. uh-oh..... but can't wait to get to allepy and see catherine. I volunteered with her at school for life and it just worked out our paths are crossing in india. she's AWESOME so it's a real treat to get to see her again!

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we're smiling cause we just paid 5r for us BOTH on this ferry sail boats in the harbor a whole display full of TP!!!!!! thank god for tourist zones band geeks are universal (for the record, I was one too). this was a school in fort cochin asian-style fishing nets in india pinapple juice break by the nets art gallery/antique store owner showing me his dust pile of stuff in teh attic table full of wood elephants these ladies insisted I take their pic (and not for money - just for fun) shots from around fort cochin boats are made of garbage (recycled paperboard walls) view into the harbor between ernakulam and fort cochin
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