....it's so hidden away that not even the rickshaw driver managed to find it!!! The guy who was supposed to receive me and check me in, he explained more or less where it was, but impossible...jejeje...good sign I thought :-). I was guided to a little bungalow style room right on the beach. It was really dark when I got there so I could not really see the surroundings, but I saw the beach and the palm trees and then, at dinner, saw a little bit what was around the cottages...homm, it looked really promising! I had a great dinner, all by myself in the dining room, made out of bamboo and had 3 waiters buzzzing around me...sweet! They served me Keralan spicy specialities and I tried all the dishes - even a a little fish - I gathered it was really fresh...it was all really superb! The boss, who had let me in, had 9 business partners there for a men's party so I sneaked back to my room, knowing that it's not really kosher for women to be around under those circumstances...I read and wrote, had a real good shower and fell asleep early. The next morning - wow - I woke up to the most stunning scenery, just white sand, coconut trees and I was on my own on the whole beach! Apart from the fishermen of course.... I spent 2 days and 2 nights plus another half day there - it was so difficult to leave.. The second night I was already on my own in he whole resort! With a guard at my door all night! Jejeje...Bodyguard..didn't look anything like Kevin Costner though...
Finally got my act together and decided to follow my plan so I left, by bus...rare phenomenon, innit....and got to Fort Cochin early evening...Another colonial Disneyland kind of vibe, like Pondicherry in another funny way, but cool in the sense that you can walk everywhere and it's super calm - a litle bit too turistic and westernized to be India as far as my taste is concerned..but I suppose that if you have been on the road for a while - it feels a little bit like a relief to find things like real coffee, clean bathrooms with toiletpaper, brown bread...etc. I hired a room in a colonial house - a "homestay" they call it - nice, super clean house, a fussy landlady but cool in the end - just tired of dirty backpackers now that the season is over... The monsoon is pending in south India, especially on the west coast you can feel it...and shopowners are tired of tourists...it shows too....
Anyway, I stayed 2 nights there in Fort Cochin, and I explored the place quite quickly, the part of town they call "Jew Town" is full of jews, synagogues, muslims and mosques!!! Nothing new really...
I met a few nice people, did some shopping for ayurvedic products, spent half a day at the swimming pool of a local luxury hotel ( why not...) and then got ready for the BIG TRAIN TRIP :-) from Ernakulum to Bangalore....yes, I am coming back to where I started........
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