In a bid to make Kerala a safe destination for foreign and local tourists, an exclusive tourist police station has been set up in the heritage zone of Mattancherry. The first of its kind in the country, this will make Kerala more tourist friendly and safe.
Mattanchery, home to the Jewish synagogue and various historic edifices [...]
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Kochi gets the first tourist police station in India
Posted in Fort Cochin, Tourism News, tagged FortKochi, Kerala, Mattancherry, synagogue, Tourism on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Two Cruise ships in Kochi
Posted in Fort Cochin, Kerala Destinations, Tourism News, Travel, tagged kerala tourism, Kochi, Le Ponant, Luxury Liners, Queen Mary 2 on February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For me and my friend, going to the Subhash Chandra Bose Park in Kochi in the evenings and spending time there, chatting about, sharing thoughts, woes and joys and at the same time enjoying the cool backwater breeze is almost a regular thing. But there had been a break of about a month or so, [...]
KSRTC Volvo buses started in Kochi
Posted in Enviroment, Fort Cochin, Travel, tagged bus fair, Fort Kochi, hi-tech buses, Journey, Kerala, Kochi, kochi roads, KSRTC, road transport, Thiruvananthapuram, Travel, Volvo buses on December 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For many Kochiites, it was rather a thrilling experience to have travelled in the AC Volvo bus run by KSRTC’s city service. On Wednesday (30.12.2009) Morning at 7 ‘O’ clock Kochi’s KSRTC Volvo buses started off their maiden trip and ended at 10 pm. Many awaited eagerly and patiently to have a Volvo experience to [...]
Cochin Carnival – Reviving hopes of a good tourist season
Posted in Entertainment, Fort Cochin, tagged Cochin carnival, FortKochi, kayaking, Tourism on December 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The tourist season for Kerala was far from impressive this year with a marked drop in the number of foreign and domestic tourists. Most of the tour operators in Fort Kochi are pinning their hopes on the Cochin Carnival for more tourist arrivals in the next two weeks. During the Christmas and New Year seasons, [...]
Kerala featured in the top ten winter holiday destinations.
Posted in Backwaters, Fort Cochin, Kerala Destinations, Tourism News, tagged Fort Kochi, gavi, hill stations, Kovalam, munnar, wild life tours, winterholidays Kerala on December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As the nippy winter season in Europe is at its peak, tourists are looking for tropical and balmy destinations to enjoy a well deserved sun tan and to escape the gloom of the gray weather back home. Irish times.com has included Kerala along with the Caribbeans, Hawaii, Canary Islands, Egypt, Tunisia, Dubai, Thailand, Morocco [...]
Robert and Gertrude Bristow
Posted in Culture, Enviroment, Fort Cochin, Hotels, Kerala, tagged Cochin Saga, Cohin Port, Kochi, Lady Gertrude Bristow, Lotus Club, Robert Bristow, Willingdon Island on November 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Reading up on the Old Lighthouse Bristow Hotel I was curious about Robert Bristow and his house which is today refurbished into a boutique hotel. To put in simple terms, Sir Bristow was the architect of the Cochin Port and he said this on the BBC in 1935 ~
I live on a large Island made from the bottom of [...]
Weather Drama in Cochin
Posted in Fort Cochin, Weather & Climate, tagged Kerala Monsoon on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Weather in Cochin rarely simply makes an entrance as drizzle. There is a drama and theatre to the Monsoon rains. The winds blows ominously, the clouds pile up and then, all hell breaks loose.
Rain pains!
Posted in Fort Cochin, Kerala, tagged Ernakulam, Kerala Monsoon, monsoon on November 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Which is what a vast majority of God’s Own Men as well Women (not to mention Children!) must be wishing these days. This is all the more apparent in the city of Ernakulam which simply cannot cope with even the lightest spell of rains. A poor drainage system, chockablock with sewage is the chief culprit.
The [...]
Need to keep the city clean and green
Posted in Enviroment, Fort Cochin, Kerala, tagged Brunton Boatyard, Fort Kochi, Karma kerala, Kerala, World Environment Day on June 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Kochi, June 7
World Environment was marked with great enthusiasm across the globe; the city too witnessed few of such events spreading a noble message to conserve our ecology. In the series of such events one of the leading city hotels Brunton Boatyard undertook a cycle rally around Fort Kochi.
During this rally they planted saplings [...]
