We got ready for the day and went down to breakfast at 7:00 AM.
The breakfast staff was very attentive and helpful. It was a buffet with standard items and also included made to order items.
I had a cheese omelette and ofcourse a plain dosa, how could I not being in the land whose speciality is dosa. Both items excellent and so was the three cups of coffee that I had with it.
Left the hotel at around 9:00 am with our guide for the day Koshy and Manilal our driver.
We walked a short distance to the St. Francis Church. This is the oldest European Church in India. Inside the Church was the origin burial place of Vasco De Gama and also burials of the Dutch, Portuguese, and English on different walls.
We then walked to see the furst Jewish Synagogue at Mattancherry. The Jewish population has dwindled to 8 and the oldest living lady still runs a handicraft store.
We then walked to the water's edge to see the Chinese fishing nets in action.
Came back and had an excellent lunch at the Lodge - lamb curry Kerala style with Uppam.
Had the WiFi going in both my phone and tablet while waiting for lunch to be served, so now I am all set at least until to drive to Calicut tomorrow.
After a short rest, Koshy came with Manilal at around 5:00 PM to drive us to Harbor Cruise to watch the sunset over the Arabian Sea.
I had surprised to realize this was a private tour just for us. The two person crew were very helpful and pointed out various sites. The sunset was beautiful but difficult to capture on camera.
It was dinner time by the time we got back to the hotel and we in to the restaurant where I had an excellent chicken biriyani Kerala Style.
The staff at the hotel was ever attentive and very helpful keeping in mind my shellfish allergy and creating specialty dishes to suit our needs.
Retired for the night shortly after but for some strange reason had a very hard time falling asleep and kept waking up almost every hour.
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