We’re shifting geography a bit – to the Queen of the Arabian Sea – Cochin. Hortus is located on the third floor of The Avenue Center Hotel in Panampilly Nagar. Think of the area as Cochin’s version of a love child of Indiranagar (which has a past, and still tries to fight commercial infiltration), and […]
Playing tourists in our hometown for the second time. We started this in 2020, just before Covid hit. We hope to continue this every year now. Kochi is just so beautiful. 🙂
Back in 2020, we started playing tourists at home. This is the first of the Cochin trips – Fort Kochi and Mattancherry.
Imagine, in about 4.5 sq km in Fort Kochi and Mattancherry, there are around 30 communities! An absolute melting pot of different religions and socio-cultural customs and practices. Communities that can trace their origins from Portugal and Yemen to Kutch and the Indus Valley. I am a little biased because Kochi is my hometown, but even beyond that, it’s a fascinating read.