The Greg and Tanya live Tour

Traveling with Greg (or any white person) in India is quite an experience because everyone treats us as if were celebrities, this happens pretty much everywhere but particular during our adventures in Fort Kochin.

Fort Kochin itself is lovely town, you have to approach it by ferry and it does feel like a different little world. The town has had a strong Portuguese influence and many lovely buildings line the streets, pascal yellow and aqua with ornate white finishings. Although set up very much for tourists it still functions as any other normal town with Indians mixing freely with the travelers. We stayed in a beautiful old family house built in the Portuguese style, opposite a large sports field where dusk to down, every sport known to man was either practiced or played.

Kochin being a relatively small place is quite easy to get around and the traffic is not as crazy as other big cities. Thus with one of the travelers that we met on the boat we decided to hire a scooter for the day and see the main sights (this would be a death sentence in any other city). As we rode through Kochin and then took the bike ferry across to an island opposite (Vypeen). The local people were shocked and amazed to see us on bikes, the smiles, hello's and even people stopping us to shake our hands was unbelievable.