This was an absolute out of the blue, spur of the moment, one day trip to Cochin.
What started as a seemingly 'preposterous' suggestion, grew into something real and beautiful. What it took was a setting aside of logic and rationality, and instead adopting an a la nike 'just do it' attitude. A shift in mindset.... one that happened over just a ten minute phone call.
And what we had was a day at the Cherai Beach resorts, which was again, a lucky find. Meeting in Cochin decided, the thought was 'why in the city? why not by the beach?' A quick google search and we had our place, an hours drive from Cochin.
What started as a seemingly 'preposterous' suggestion, grew into something real and beautiful. What it took was a setting aside of logic and rationality, and instead adopting an a la nike 'just do it' attitude. A shift in mindset.... one that happened over just a ten minute phone call.
And what we had was a day at the Cherai Beach resorts, which was again, a lucky find. Meeting in Cochin decided, the thought was 'why in the city? why not by the beach?' A quick google search and we had our place, an hours drive from Cochin.
Cherai Beach resorts. It has backwaters behind, and beach up front. Breathtakingly lovely.
And in that one day was a whole experience to become a forever trip.......long beach walks, an authentic kerala massage, songs by the sea, wine and banana chips, boiled tapioca snacks...
And what's more, god played ally.
We had this brilliant storm in the evening. A panoramic view of lightening and thunder over water... pouring kerala rain,........that we not just saw but felt.
View from our room, plus a huge balcony overlooking the backwaters
And what's more, god played ally.
We had this brilliant storm in the evening. A panoramic view of lightening and thunder over water... pouring kerala rain,........that we not just saw but felt.
View from our room, plus a huge balcony overlooking the backwaters
The beach the other side. While evening had tourists on the beach, early morning gave us the beach pretty much to ourselves.
Except for fishermen who were coming in after their rounds
A walk break
Vishakha on a longer walk than I did
The resort is built in mangroves. Mangroves are trees which grow in tidal, coastal swamps, with tangled roots which grow above ground, forming these dense thickets. The cottages are built within the water pools. And the waters are teeming with fish. Very pretty.
The resort at dusk
This picture of the resort I sneaked in from Google, the one that had me chose Cherai :)
The sea
More mangrove pools within the resort
Evening, as the storm was brewing
Catching the glimmer of the setting sun
A posed for picture :)
On the way to the airport...the green was so pleasing to the eye that it seemed to call for a picture
Cochin airport proudly displays boards saying 'this airport is powered by the sun'. Was exciting to see the panels during takeoff.
A trip that brought out the sheer joy of impulsive and indulgent !
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