Kodai and Kochi: end of our journey

1. Kodai and Kochi:end of our journey

2. from Madurai to Kodaikanal Kodaikanal is located among forest reserves in the southern Ghats (mountain range).

5. “To cool down from the burning of the sun and the heat, and the foods which they season with the pepper of India, they constantly munch and chew in their mouths the leaves of the “betel” tree. This is their practice: they take a leaf from these and smear one side with roasted lime and place inside it small pieces of the “betel” or “areca” nut, which are chopped into small pieces, and they wrap it together and chew it in their mouth until it turns into spittle as red as blood, and this purges from their stomachs the heat of their food.”

6. selling betel leaves and ingredients for betel quid

7. The weekly market in Kodaikanal

8. talking with Israeli travelers (who had heard of Jacob Sapir but knew nothing about him)

9. Overnight bus to Ernakulam: 6 pm to 6 am with a 3-hour wait at Palani, constant rain, winding bumpy roads

10. Mrs. Leelu Roy, our welcoming landlady in Fort Cochin