{"id":1192,"date":"2013-12-03T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T17:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2014-03-18T21:50:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T02:50:08","slug":"kerala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/?p=1192","title":{"rendered":"Kerala"},"content":{"rendered":"

We came down from the cool hill station air of Kodai to tropical Kerala. First stop Fort Kochi (Cochin); the Portuguese, Dutch and British cultural melting pot, where there is a Christian church every few blocks – with a pile of parishioners shoes left outside, distinctly Indian style.\u00a0 The historical trading town still has its Asian Fishing Nets (see the photo below) in use, making for a classic port scene of old meets new.<\/p>\n

What Kerala traveling is really known for though is a tour of its backwaters, the 900 km network of inland waterways hugging the coast. Many of the villages along these routes still rely on paddles for getting around. We chose one of the popular house boats, complete with cook and crew for a 24 hr tour. I felt this was worth the financial splurge considering it coincided with my one year anniversary, November 29, 2012, of hitting the road!<\/p>\n

\"Fort <\/a>
Fort Kochi (Cochin) Graffiti <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fort <\/a>
Fort Kochi (Cochin) Bazar <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fort <\/a>
Fort Kochi (Cochin) Church <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Snake <\/a>
Snake Boat <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kochi <\/a>
Kochi Students <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fort <\/a>
Fort Kochi (Cochin) Fish Market <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kochi <\/a>
Kochi Asian Nets <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fisherman <\/a>
Fisherman working the Asian Nets <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Small <\/a>
Small Catch <\/div> <\/div>
\"Raising <\/a>
Raising the Nets <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Asian <\/a>
Asian Net Fiserman <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kochi <\/a>
Kochi Asian Nets <\/div> <\/div>
\"Old <\/a>
Old Meets New <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kochi <\/a>
Kochi Rickshaw <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cricket\" <\/a>
Cricket <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kathakali <\/a>
Kathakali Makeup <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kathakali <\/a>
Kathakali Makeup <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Mohiniyattam <\/a>
Mohiniyattam Dance <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kathakali <\/a>
Kathakali Dancer <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kathakali\" <\/a>
Kathakali <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kathakali\" <\/a>
Kathakali <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kalaripayattu\" <\/a>
Kalaripayattu <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kochi <\/a>
Kochi Church <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Backwater <\/a>
Backwater Canoe <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kerala <\/a>
Kerala Backwaters Cruise <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07678\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07705\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"Rice <\/a>
Rice Field <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07719\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"Dinner <\/a>
Dinner on the Boat <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07732\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07738\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07748\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Thousands <\/a>
Thousands of Ducks <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07769\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Our <\/a>
Our Captain at Work <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cruising <\/a>
Cruising a narrow channel <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07791\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07799\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"Tying <\/a>
Tying up for the night <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Goats\" <\/a>
Goats <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Backwater <\/a>
Backwater Village Walk <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07813\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fishing <\/a>
Fishing from our boat <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Radina <\/a>
Radina Fishes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07825\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07837\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07852\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"DSC07854\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07869\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"Dragonfly\" <\/a>
Dragonfly <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07913\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Backwater <\/a>
Backwater Goat <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Rice <\/a>
Rice Field <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Radina <\/a>
Radina shoots <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07953\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"DSC07981\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Bird <\/a>
Bird Landing <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Village <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Mainland <\/a>
Mainland Canoe Trip <\/div> <\/div>
\"Alleppey <\/a>
Alleppey (Alappuzha) Beach <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Running <\/a>
Running from Seagulls <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Alleppey <\/a>
Alleppey Fishermans Beach <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Alleppey <\/a>
Alleppey Fishing Boat <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Alleppey <\/a>
Alleppey Fishing Boats <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We came down from the cool hill station air of Kodai to tropical Kerala. First stop Fort Kochi (Cochin); the Portuguese, Dutch and British cultural melting pot, where there is a Christian church every few blocks – with a pile of parishioners shoes left outside, distinctly Indian style.\u00a0 The historical trading town still has its … Continue reading Kerala<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[30,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC07605-001-e1395195035616.jpg?fit=1038%2C346&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1192"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1338,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions\/1338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcoote.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}