Just Coasting in Fort Cochin

On our last full day in Fort Cochin, we thought we would try the breakfast in TPot. It's been a while since I had a waffle and Henri wanted pancakes. It's funny how ordinary things like that can be so missed, especially since 98% of the places we've tried served their IDEA of French crepes, not yummy, fluffy pancakes.

Fort Cochin, Days 1 & 2 (or When We Were Almost Movie Stars)

From Madurai we planned on going to Kumily, a town on the border of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, but the tour operators and hotel staff all said not to go, there are no buses and it's dangerous because of the dam. Allegedly, buses going between the two towns have gone on strike and those that do not comply get attacked... or so they say. On the other hand, once we got to Kerala, everyone said it was just a psywar to keep tourists from crossing over to their side of the subcontinent. Go figure.

Because there were no buses going to Kumily, we decided to take the 4pm train. That also meant an extra day in Madurai. But since we didn't feel like moving around much, we stuck to the hotel room and the restaurants, all conveniently a few minutes' walk from the train station. 

This coffee shop is always full of people! Probably because of the "memorable coffee."

Had breakfast at the rooftop restaurant again, hoping for good omelettes.
Still, it's hard to beat Didi's in Orchha.

Goodbye Madurai!

We were waitlisted for seats in the sleeper train and we got our numbers 30 minutes before the train was supposed to arrive.