Between the months of June and September, the state of Kerala experiences its monsoon. Endless days of rain ensue which explain the lush, green landscape - very different to what we had seen further North before the Nepal trip. After breakfast we grabbed a couple of umbrellas and set off for a walk through the town. Kerala is mainly Christian which is instantly evident by its array of churches, small cathedrals, and shrines to Mary that can be seen on a number of...

Day in fort kochin. Tuk tuk in the rain with nice driver. Evening was journey to Allepey

Today's destination was Kerala, south west India. Our morning flight from Kathmandu headed for Delhi where due to a long wait we had planned to leave the airport to explore old Delhi. This plan was however vetoed by the security staff at the airport. Eventually we were on the evening flight to Kochin where we had booked into a homestay. We arrived by taxi in Fort Kochin around 12am and set about trying to find out homestay with limited direction details. After an...

Kathmandu to kochin via Delhi