Day 32- Megan

They day started after waking up on our overnight train, after a kind of restful night- on the plus side no one had to share a bed. We arrived at Ernakullem train station half an hour early :0 madness!! (Slow clap for India) then we caught a ferry to Cochin where we arrived at a cute Homestay, and were greeted by the mosquitoes immediately after arriving. After lathering ourselves in mosquito repellent we headed out to this cute little cafe called the Teapot. The cafe had an extensive range of teas and was decorated with art, china tea cabinets and our table was fake tree branches balancing a circular plate of glass. After our rooms were ready a rest and shower were in order after travelling on a night train, before going along the waterfront to look at the Chinese fishing nets, which were huge but didn't have much catch due to it being the wrong season. We each got turns pulling in the nets using a cantilever system, and to take photos- but of course nothing's free in India so we had to give a small donation, which judging from the amount of fish they caught didn't seem too unreasonable. One of the highlights from looking round Cochin was all the cool street art and European style alleyways. There are lots of arty places in India which has opened my eyes to different styles of art and has inspired me for my year ahead, hopefully I am going to paint and use my photos for my art. 

Dad found a place for us to eat dinner, which was supposedly rated number 2 on Tripadviser in Cochin. Don't always trust Tripadviser, it can be misleading. The best food we usually eat is rates 6th or 7th purely because people rate places on atmosphere and wifi, not food. In India good food is essential and comes before wifi and atmosphere, we know this due to how many times each of us has been sick. Anyway this place was packed with tourists expecting great food when the place was pretty average and the food was boring and cold.. Yuck. So we went to the art cafe for desert since no one ate much and it was great (I originally suggested this place for dinner but got turned down, parents learnt their lesson - always listen to Megan).