Saturday, August 21, 2010

Kochi

So what to see in Kochi?

Definitely, the Chinese Fisher Nets that are still operated today. Every some minutes, the fishermen dip the net in the water, wait some time and pull it up. I also helped them. Only in the rainy season the catch is not that big as to much sweet water mixes with the sea water and the fish does not like this.





As fresh fish is always available here, you can see one of my lunches at this stall. I tried snapper, prawns, tiger prawns, makrele and calamari. What ever you buy here, you can get it cooked in a nearby restaurant.




Usually, you find seagulls at the seaside, but not so in Kochi - here there are thousands of crows.



Other sides to see are the Dutch Palace and the Synagoge - but it's not allowed to phoograph there. So I went to some cultural dance and martial arts show from Kerala. Very interesting, but also very loud.


Martial Arts



Kathakali - already the make up takes an hour to apply. Shows can run up to 8-9 hours.

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