Travel in South India - part 1 Day 1: Fly to Cochi, Kerala. I got to the Cochi Airport in the early morning. The time in India is 2.5 hours later than Beijing time, so I was very tired in the early morning here. I spent the afternoon tour the city with a Tuk Tuk driver. He took us to some tourist shops and tried to charge me more money at last. I realized that if I have very limited time I should have made a plan. Day 2: Take the back water tour by boat. About 10 tourists on a boat. Lonely Planet said it is one of the 10 must-to-do-before-die things. It was nice but sitting on a boat for one day is a bit boring to me. I guess it was because I didn’t take a house boat. It is very pricy. In the afternoon we went to the bus station and tried to book a bus ticket. The funny thing is that when you ask a question, Indians say yes and shake heads at the same time. Day 3: Take a bus to Trivandum. The drivers are all very aggressive and fast. They don’t speak but they have many gestures to say “fuck you” to each other. The traffic is always busy and the condition of the roads is bad. It took us 6 hours to finish the 300km trip. At first I wanted to go to Munar, which is about 110km from Cochi. 110km is nothing in China but here they need about 5 hours, so one of the difficult things of travelling in India is leaving one place and get to another place. At the beach of Kovalam, you can get everything if you pay for it, wifi, clothes, jewelry… There are many Europeans, especially old people. I think they are enjoying their retired life. The town was totally shut down at 11:00 in the evening. No disco bar here. Not many young couples and backpackers.