Houseboat
A lovely meal on the houseboat – so much we could not do it justice ending with fresh pineapple. Watching the sun go down was lovely and the birds roosting. The bed was excellent but did not sleep that well. Got up to see the sunrise at 6.45 and a lovely breakfast of omelette and coconut pancakes with fruit. Very cool sitting next to the steering wheel watching the birds and the final journey to where we got on the boat. Did not want to get off it was so relaxing! Drive to Fort Kochi and the Eighth Bastion is a brand new boutique hotel with a huge room and balcony! Strangely no TV in the room. Unpacked and sorted clothes> Cases were weighed and we are under 23 kilos each. Walked to the Bishop’s house (very grand) and Joseph came to open up the Indo-Portuguese museum of church artefacts. He admired my Bethlehem cross. Then got a tuk tuk to the Kathakali centre –a new one with a small museum. Watched the makeup and the show with strange eye and hand movements and extraordinary cost...