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Day 3 Transfer to Cochin • Optional cumin. As the scents mingle together, you
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This part of town is also home to one of the
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world’s oldest Jewish populations, as we’ll
After having lunch in the old fort area, we
see when we stop at the Paradesi Synagogue,
tour Cochin’s intriguing sights, including St.
which was founded in 1568. Please note: If this
Francis Xavier’s Church, the original burial
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site of Vasco de Gama (who is now interred in
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harbor, where we view the distinctive cheena
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to be Chinese in origin. at a local restaurant.

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added with the narrative verse, sung with an Archaeologists surmise that these islands have
accompaniment of drums, cymbals, and other been populated since at least the Stone Age.
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fashion, and entertainment industries. More
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restaurant in Cochin.
upon Mumbai’s glittering harbor, and more
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“Bollywood.”
Day 4 Explore Cochin
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Ghat, “the world’s largest outdoor laundry,”
the melting pot culture that emerged here
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as a result of the spice trade in the blend of
move along to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus,
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the intensely aromatic streets of the old
Queen Victoria, or “Bombay VT” to the locals.
Jewish quarter, once the center of the spice
trade and today home to spice shops that
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sell cardamom, ginger, turmeric, cloves, and
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