After our adventures in the backwaters, we hopped a bus up to Kochin. The town is most known for their Chinese cantilevered (spelling someone?) fishing nets. After checking into our hotel we ventured out for some lunch. Now, for those of you who know me well, you know that I'll pretty much eat anything you put in front of me. Prawns Mango Curry sounds pretty delicious right? I could only eat two bites. I tricked John into trying a bite too, although I did warn him it was pretty bad. After a minute of contemplation, John correctly identified the taste as "low tide". It tasted like low tide in your mouth. It should have been called, "Prawns Mango Low Tide in Your Mouth"... Anyway - that experience aside, Kochin was pleasant. We had several other delicious meals and spent an evening taking in a Kathakali Dance show. It's a traditional Keralan (Kochin is in the state of Kerala) dance, used to tell stories from the Hindu epics such as the Mahabaratha. I think I spelled that right.
Since I was in Kerala, visiting Kochin and avoiding Kommunists (wait for next post), I think this is a perfect opportunity for some comments from the readers whose name begins with the letter K. Kristin? Kim? Others?
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Nata, I believe it's actually spelled 'Mahābhārata'. i'm just basing that on previous readings i've done at 'spoken word' night at the joshua tree. i could be wrong.
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Nate! I was starting to get worried about you with your lack of blogging. I should have known that you were out roaming the Indian countryside.
ReplyDeleteThose photos of the men painting their faces are beautiful. I didn't know you had such great photographic skills!