Yet more technical issues which I am not going to let spoil anything or get stressed about. All is good. Our flights are still going ahead and that has been something that has been lingering over our heads.
Yesterday I didn’t finish everything that happened. We went to a Jain Temple, a form of Hinduism that seems very strict. Lots of rules. I was given a bright neon pink scarf, not to cover my head, but my shoulders, which was quite odd. We couldn’t go in if we were menstruating, which is lucky because we weren’t.
We were given a tour by a woman, we had to canter behind her as she was quite sprightly! No photos from the inside.
We saw lots of swastikas, including a women withinthe temple making them out of rice. It is an ancient, sacred symbol representing good fortune. It represents the four directions or Veda.
We had a bit of a walk and I took probably far too many pictures but I want to remember it all!
Tea yesterday was lovely, a paneer ‘fest’. With a bit of blue sauce, which must be derived from the blue flowers we saw in the spice farm as it is used widely. The non alcoholic drinks are very imaginative and the apple mojito I had was delicious!
After another good sleep we were set for another day of adventures, we were determined to try out some of the local transport options, other than a tuk tuk.
Breakfast was quite different today, a group of 10 South Africans! We had to be sociable. We haven’t really talked to many people since being here and it wasn’t something that I yearned today. The beetroot concoction wasn’t as bad today!
We set off early and caught the Kochi Water Metro, a fleet of 78 hybrid electric boats, an attempt to reduce the numer of cars etc onthe roads and use the waterways more effectively.
An interesting smooth journey that took us to High Town. Then a bus, that was not crowded and then a tuk tuk to the Kerala FolkloreMuseum. King Charles has visited it! One man’s passion to collect arefacts over a 35 year period so that they wouldn’t be lost.
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