Cochin, India Day 2

Well...on our own now. Much of our luggage was shipped back home and we are now down to 2 small bags each

Staying at a hotel near the airport as we head to Rome tomorrow. Currently in the middle of Ramadan, so most are fasting till after sunset, and the hotel cafe was empty.

We had breakfast and learned about "Appams: Indian Rice Pancakes"....Light, thin, delicious. Oh, how we missed good Indian food.

Headed out to Lulu shopping mall to try and get Morris's cracked tablet screen fixed, and what a mall it turned out to be!! Couldn't get his tablet fixed, but in walking around, we came across a bridal shop selling traditional Indian attire. Inside, we discovered 3 men sitting at a large floor loom hand sewing all the bead work that goes into the fabric!!!! What a beautiful yet tedious process. Such a treat to watch them work as they created beautiful works of art for a bride and groom to wear.

As we took the cab back to the hotel, we were reminded of a lecture we heard before we got off the ship. The speaker talked about the Indian head shaking. No can mean yes, yes can mean no, and shaking head from side to side means kinda yes or maybe. Getting to see this in action from our taxi driver was actually fun to watch while we were trying to interpret what he meant.

Had a lovely swim in the tile inlaid pool before dinner. Fun relaxing day.Read more