{"id":760,"date":"2010-04-13T11:24:18","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T10:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=760"},"modified":"2010-04-13T17:09:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T16:09:57","slug":"luke-around-the-world-20100329-cochin-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/760","title":{"rendered":"Luke Around The World – 20100329 – Cochin, India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to arriving a day early when joining the Queen Victoria cruise ship, I spent two days in Cochin, India. It was my first time in India, and I really wanted to tick of two bucket-list type achievements: 1 – experience Indian traffic from the back of a tuctuc, 2 – ride an elephant.<\/p>\n

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\nThe podcast runs a bit long this time, but I had a lot of fun over my two days in Cochin, so I think it is worth going into more details. Be sure to scroll down for the elephant photos and video.<\/p>\n

\nTick! I hired a tuctuc and driver for four hours, and had a tour around the oldest part of Cochin, called Fort Kochi.
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\nThe Jain temple, complete with swastikas. I guess the symbol I found in Papua New Guinea was something to do with Jainism, and not the German building close by.
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\nA view from the top floor of the everything shop.
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\nA local sweet shop from above.
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\nOne man and his goats.
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\nDinner. Paneer in a sauce and rice.
\n\"Dinner.<\/p>\n

\nFort Kochi’s chinese nets.
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\nA boat, a crow, and in the background men are building a new jetty.
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\nMore chinese nets.
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\nChristian cathedral.
\n\"Christian<\/p>\n

\nPlaying cricket in the park.
\n\"Playing<\/p>\n

\nWing mirror self portrait.
\n\"Wing<\/p>\n

\nBizarre red sky during the evening.
\n\"Bizarre<\/p>\n

\nMorning sun through barbed wire. I’m on my way to the Kodanadu Elephant Training Center
\n\"Morning<\/p>\n

\nMany men walking and carrying crosses. I guess this was something to do with going to church.
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\nScrubbing elephants in the river.
\n\"Scrubbing<\/p>\n

\nThe training center accepts baby elephants from a wide region and trains them to work on building sites, to drag timber, or to carry tourists.
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\nEvery morning at 8am the elephants are taken to a river, and are scrubbed with segments of coconuts.
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\nThe elephants seemed to love the daily wash and play in the river.
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\nOther tourists photo opportunity.
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\nMe and a baby elephant.
\n\"Me<\/p>\n

\nI’m a bit close here!
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\nWaiting to return to the training center.
\n\"Waiting<\/p>\n

\nElephant walking past pictures of elephants.
\n\"Elephant<\/p>\n

\nThey used to capture wild elephants and hold them in this pen.
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\nChained elephant.
\n\"Chained<\/p>\n

\nTick! Me on an elephant, juggling.
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\nMe on an elephant, taking a photo of myself.
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\nVideo of me juggling on an elephant, and also by the Chinese nets in Fort Kochi.<\/p>\n

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