So we are travelling alot...we are in Cochin, couch surfing again...and off to Munnar, tea plantation region in a couple of days. Before that we will go on a backwaters tour here in Cochin, along with some sightseeing.
We spend about a week at an organic farm near Bangalore. That was very nice. They had 2 litters of puppies and one litter of kittens! So we played lots. We also harvested a whole bunch of Rosela, or Jamaica, staked tomatoes, prepared a new bed for lettuce, weeded carrots, harvested cherry tomatoes and Chikoo fruit. The farm is comercial...small, family owned, but meant for earning money small scale, a different idea than Navdanya, but we learned some techniques from them.
We did that through WOOFing, and will do that again, woofing, after Munnar, in Kumily.
Our host here is a fish exporter...not organic haha.
We visited JewTown today, the old Jewish quarter of Fort Kochin. We also saw the St. Francis church...and will try to get to mass on Sunday. Kerala has a large Christian population, and so it should be intersting to go to a service. I wanted to go see the Franciscan church, for Uncle Dave is a Franciscan friar, but also because it was the first church built in India! It also had Vasco de Gama's remains for a short period of time. The basilica is also impressive, although we didnt go into it.
Hannah really wanted to see the synagogue today, but it was closed, so we might try to go on Sunday afternoon. It has only a few open hours a day and has an entrance fee...so must be good! haha
Our plans for the rest of our travel time is changing slightly, and we are reconsidering the 3 day train trip to get back to Haridwar...we are a bit tired of trains...especially sleeper trains. So we are looking into flights.
We have to take a short ferry back, and then a half hour bus ride to our host's house...which is waterfront!! we've really been lucky with our couch surfer hosts!!