On 23rd December we caught a bus back to Kochi as a base for Christmas. We stayed at the same homestay we'd visited the week earlier. Christmas started with dinner and a few beers on Christmas eve with a guy from Manchester who is on a cycling trip from Delhi back to the UK via Nepal, China, Vietnam, Thailand and virtually the whole of Europe! We then made our way to the Bascilica for midnight which was packed, there must have been 1500 people there. The service was complete with carols, hundreds of fairy lights and the bishop addressing the congrigation in English, French, German, Spanish, Portugese and an unknown Indian dialect.
On Christmas day we had a meal with the couple we were staying with, mutton (goat) byriani, so no turkey in sight! Lunch started with sparkling pink Indian wine and three different types of cake followed by the byriani. On Boxing day we caught a 15 hour train to Chennai in east India, an uneventful journey mainly made up of eating and sleeping!
Claire xx
Santa hats courtesy of Mum, see we did wear them!
Rengu, owner of the homestay cutting one of the cakes to start the Christmas meal.
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