Arrived finally after a long drive from Kochi Airport through dark unlit roads of questionable quality, at a very comfortable hotel at Fort Kochi.
Even more interesting was the chat along the way with the guide Sindhi who seemed very happy with the Communist victory at local elections yesterday. He was certainly not a supporter of "that Right wing" BJP central government under Modi and claimed to have organised a "beef eating" party in protest against the northern "obsession" with avoidance of beef in the diet, a party that was attended by Hindus as well! The north-south divide is certainly more deadly than the State of Origin game back home.
Weeks earlier I had congratulated myself for getting a visa in a few hours online when Kay had to make 2 treks into the city, only to find at the airport that I had to spend 20 minutes being finger printed and image scanned. IT may takeoff, but humans can still drag it back to earth.
And our tour of Kerala hasn't even started yet!Kin Mun
