Day 100 – April 25 – Cochin, India

We slept late this morning – almost 7:30am when we got up.  It was a very hazy day but the seas are calm again and we are not getting any rain.  This morning we have a standard sea day morning, i.e. Jan had bridge class, but we are arriving in Cochin at noon so there won’t be any afternoon lectures or activities today.

We have been to Cochin before when we did the Discovery Cruise in 2008.  At that time, we did a long trip to the “backwaters”, where we had a nice house boat ride and lunch.  This time we decided we would take the City Highlights tour to see what Cochin as a city looks like.  We had two choices of times and decided to take the morning tour on the second day in Cochin.

When we arrived, the dock was much cleaner than the one in Chennai and we were entertained by a drum core and Indian dancers while the ship was tied up.

We decided not to go ashore as it is so hot and humid and Jan wants to get started on her packing.  It will take her two hours just to fold all Fred’s shirts!