Cochin

The next day I was a little sore from the accident, so we took it easy.

Here we have moved the bed onto the floor of the living room in our hotel to watch football early in the morning....



Headed out later with Manu to see his hometown of Cochin...

decent shot of a family on a motorcycle(there are 4, you can just see the leg of the youngest).. I think the most I saw was 5 people on one, ut I've heard of many more...



We visited the Dutch Palace (actually built by the Portugese abt 500 years ago. There are some very well preserved murals inside that tell the story of Ramayana. I like the way this pic of the exterior came out...



Cochin has an area known as Jew Town. Jews were thought to have settled in this area as early as 700 BC. It is also home to the oldest synagogue in India, called the Paradesi Synagogue. We tried to visit but it was closed to the public for Yom Kippur



Jason was a little upset!



The synagogue and Jason in front of the gates...





And one of my fav shots... schoolkids walking through the streets of Jew Town



Later, Manu took us to the beach a little before sunset, where we walked around looking at the stands and being followed by little kids wanting us to buy their homemade cards. Jason tried out some drums...



We saw the famous chinese fishing nets which you can read about here



We even lent a hand...



and saw some of the fish they caught...