Fort Kochi

One of the places I wanted to see while in Kochi, is Fort Kochi. There is a lot of history here as it was a major port for hundreds of years, and many cultures from around the world had some influence. For example,  the ancient  "chinese fishing nets" can only be seen in this area. There is no other place in the world, other than china, that still has these ancient relics. I really wanted to get some pictures around Fort Kochi, and Sajiv was kind enough to take me there. It was Friday night, and as luck would have it...the sun was setting.

 

I wasn't able to get to many pictures along the beach, but we did stop by a store to see what they were selling.

 

I will let the folks at IdentityMine comment on the gods being represented here, but one is an overweight and chubby elephant that uses a rat for transportation. I'm sure there are a number of folks on the Jenny Craig diet that are envious of someone who is hefty, and yet still light enough to ride a semi-large rat side saddle.

Later, we had dinner at one of the few vegetarian only restaurants in the city. Most restaurants serve meat and veggy dishes, but this one only served veggy. Sajiv had me try some different types of Chaat which is a north India dish. It was very good. Here is a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_food

After supper we stopped at the local equivalent of Baskin Robins Ice Cream where you pay by weight...I think my bowl weighed in at the small sumo wrestler size.

During the drive home we had fun talking to men who had too much to drink and pretending to be lost asking everyone for directions. Since being lost is somewhat normal in a place without street maps, everyone is happy to help give you directions.

 

Here is more info on Fort Kochi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Kochi

http://www.cochin.org/history.htm