patch’s Travel Log

taken at different times and different places ....

Amazing cargo vessels !!!

A tourist cruiser ....  i think..must be as Cochin  attracts a lot  tourists, and its  is  a perfect place  to  dock  and see the main land and off course FORT KOCHI,

                                           (Below)         The coast guard      (Above)

Coast guard?
Well  now  we know   where  our naval people are (Above right)..DOCKED at the BAR !!!

Massive cargo ships are a common sight here ..













DETAILS OF CARGO !!!!













Door way  ( above right)

People in  Uniforms ?.... could be for the cantonment or the police camps ..looks like they are loading it in  .










AH  THE GOOD OLD COAST GUARD .. RUSTED BUT STILL A FLOAT !



Now Also among the many Large Ships  u'd find the local traditional or sometimes a upgrade version  of the so called traditional VALLAM..motorized !!!

LOCAL FISHER MEN  .. DOCKING IN  AFTER THEIR MORNING CATCH

A LOOK  IN SIDE THE CABIN OF A  PASSENGER BOAT ..THERE ARE MANY  GOVT :SERVICE  BOATS THAT  TAKE YOU FROM ONE ISLAND TO ANOTHER BETWEEN THE MAIN LAND AND FORT KOCHI .

Govt boat service (left) :

I was up  early to catch the morning boat to fort kochi.

There these tourist boats that  take you  around the coast and
some do  back  water cruise also ..








Not all boats head out to the waters ...some FEED....floating restaurants ( ABOVE)




Near the Main land , Tourists boats rearing up  to  take passengers .

Wellington Island (left)



one of em public passenger boats (right)

Cargo loaders ,Cranes and stock : you can see many of these along the coast on your way  to fort kochi ,mattanchery from the main land .

Kerala State Boat Service : Getting of at Fort Kochi( left)



(Right) Another  one  all ready to  go 








                                                        :Shots from the Boat :

                                                     

Above   shot from  fort kochi  landing area ..i think its  a luxury hotel or something.



Right side : Also shot from the fort kochi  landing area ,,,... my and best mate actually went to Cochin  at night  just for these shots !!! Looking out to the main land .


As u can  see blurry image .. on the boat to  fort kochi .. gave it a shot  cargo area : and that looks like  a ship



right side .. wellington  island at night .. shot from the boat ... I need to  get those night cameras!!!!!

This is one of the most blurred image i have of nights shots (and should never be put on a blog )at Kochi.. but take a closer .. u'll see a night bird in the  picture







                                                           SHIP ALL LIT UP  ...shot at night

                                                                    Yes Varieties  of sea food  

                               Prawns ( above) and (left) I think is a cutle fish  .. though  i am not sure .... looks strange  !!A fisher man holds it up  for me take picture !

                                                                      SERIOUS  LOOKING FELLA!!!!

"What 'd u  looking at ?" .. Haven't u  seen  a cat before !!??..Where theres is fish  .. theres ME ..  so  scram and get that camera off my face , before i extract my claws!!!

Along the coast ..  u  will find a many  Chinese  fishing nets .


Right :  An old Anchor ..i should have got a close up of that write up  below !









                                                                         :OLD  BOILERS :

                                                              MILESTONES OF COCHIN :



Probably one of the  Canons used to ward of invaders





Yeah !(left) You snap  me and i snap  you !!!.....
....the biggest  dope i  saw  at  Fort Kochi
 .




VARIOUS SHOTS AT FORT KOCHI :


Fisher men preparing their nets for the next catch ! (left)








WONDER WHATS HE  LOOKING AT  (right)
 



THE  KODAR HOUSE :



NOW one of the  luxury hotels ...back then it belonged  to   the most illustrious Cochin Jewish family, the Koders. ..





Various  hotels that was once a house or a administration building at Fort  Kochi..
















Left side below:  Old house turned to good hotels Right side below Old house yet to be converted to something of the sort: Below Middle  famous chain of shops FAB INDIA .




Fisher man reeling in their catch in the morning , Chinese fishing nets !!





On the left side  other sort out their entangled net




 

Preparing  or may be just checking the ropes before another round of fishing.





on the  right :
Other tourist  at fort Kochi

                                                  Check this  out  a Mobile  ATM  !!!

                                               
well the  guy lying there seems to have had on  hell of a  time last night !!! ( left )

Little birdie taking  a free ride !! (right)








                                          OLD HOUSES AROUND FORT KOCHI

We found these guys  once walking along the fort Kochi  walk path  along the beach ...

A closer look .....they seemed to be ordinary turtles.. one the locals  dubbed them  as  " Karama"..









These guys were quite smelly ....phew !! .












Finally we got this ones head out


                         shy guy!!" damn humans can't mind their own  business "         


                                   

The church, originally a Catholic Church was taken over by the Dutch after they captured Cochin ( Kochi ) in 1663 and converted into a Protestant Dutch Reformed Church

The British converted it into an Anglican Church after they took power in 1795, and in 1949 the congregation joined the Church of South India.

Vasco da Gama died here in 1524 and was originally buried in the church, fourteen years later his body was removed back to Portugal.


His original tomb ..i  presume (right)

Francis Church was originally named as Santo Antonio

this was supposed to have been on  a boat ,,ride called "sunset ride "...but no my friends there was no such  ride as there was no sun and this was what was left of it at least

I once took up a dorm on  my trip to kochin .. here is it.....

FORT KOCHI  MUTT

                     You scream , I scream  ,we all scream for ICE CREAM

GOAT FRENZY :

guess whats in its mouth ?...no  take a look the next pictures :

ITS PAPER !!!! .... well i guess when your  hungry ...  u  got eat  .. what ever it might be  huh ?











 

This is jew street ,,, not only does it have  the  jew  temple...but a also a street full off  antiques and arts facts .

the  synagogue clock tower right

















back to the  jew street to  window shop  ... THEY  MANAGED TO  FIT  A WHOLE  BOAT IN HERE creatively display  of  traditional looking  tiles and door knobs are found inside the boat .

MORE INTERESTING  THINGS ON DISPLAY ALONG THE  STREETS :  HERE ARE FEW OF THEM  BELOW:















The worlds biggest "warrp".. a big cooking pan used in the olden days ....




















 This  must be a some sort of old navagation gizmo below

 old bells hang around the shops at the jew street







BETWEEN THE SHOPS THE  ALLEY SERVE  AS GO DOWNS  TO  SHOP KEEPERS (right)








A small  joint at mattancherry ..where once we  had some juice and shakes .. they  also  other souvenirs and other things of interest(above)




 a sign at Yousuf's ....Hmmm ....something to ponder over !!!


 Che Guevara.
Painting ....








                              The boat jetty at Mattanchery all  weeded up !!(above)
                                      


On our return to the main land  from  mattancherry - cycles on the boat!!!



I  think  this would be easier way to  get around Cochin ... Hmmmm... i  think this gives me an idea ...for my next trip here.