Oct 4th:
Today chuku and chinnu made lemon rice, far better than what we had in munnnar :). For pihu I made the standard aloo paratha which my cutie pie luvs. Then we all started for Alleppey. On the way to Allepey we shopped a little bit, I took the hamrock which I have been wanting for long. It was a 4 x 8 ft one which shash bargained for 700 Rs/- I remember the same piece in Shilparamam @ hyderabad cost 2200/-.
Then upon reaching the boat jetty area @ Alleppey we hired a boat for 2000 Rs/- for 2 hrs, It was a beautiful pleasant ride. The village areas, the coconut trees, paddy fields, sight of boat houses, cool breeze though the sun burning high exactly on top of our head. From 12:20 to 2:20 pm we enjoyed the boat ride.
Then we started back to kochi, on the way back we had lunch @ hotel Cassia. The ambiance of this hotel was excellent. I liked the bamboo baby hi-chair, infact they even had a baby rocker for infants. Food was also good but the service was bit slow and infact confusing, some of our starters were served after the main course. The only thing bad was the lemon soda which was not at all cool and when we asked for some cooling effect(I actually was expecting ice) I don't know what they did but now it was no more soda, looks like they added cold water.
Then we started back to kochi, on the way back we had lunch @ hotel Cassia. The ambiance of this hotel was excellent. I liked the bamboo baby hi-chair, infact they even had a baby rocker for infants. Food was also good but the service was bit slow and infact confusing, some of our starters were served after the main course. The only thing bad was the lemon soda which was not at all cool and when we asked for some cooling effect(I actually was expecting ice) I don't know what they did but now it was no more soda, looks like they added cold water.
Then we started back to fort kochi, we went to the beach it was very very clean and with lots n lots of sea shells. I was worried pihu would be scared as she dint enjoy her first beach visit during my chennai offical trip, but this time she enjoyed a lot. She played for 5-10 min but whole-heartedly. We even saw a marriage photo shoot happening @ the beach. We quickly returned and changed pihu's wet and sandy clothes.
Then we started for Santa Cruz Basilica church which is near by the beach. It is famous church in kochi but when we reached there it was busy with prayers going on, so we could not go inside. Took some pics from outside.
Then we started back for some shopping. I wanted to buy one more kasavu saree but almost all shops were close by 8:00 pm. I tried my luck @ Oberon mall but couldn't find anything. But yeah we took some snaps @ the 3 monkeys kiosk. Then from another near by shop I took a kerala kutti frock for pihu and her favourite chamsha(goggles). For myself I found some stone bangles and junk jewelleries.
Then we returned home, cooked food, ate and off to bed.
Then we started for Santa Cruz Basilica church which is near by the beach. It is famous church in kochi but when we reached there it was busy with prayers going on, so we could not go inside. Took some pics from outside.
Then we started back for some shopping. I wanted to buy one more kasavu saree but almost all shops were close by 8:00 pm. I tried my luck @ Oberon mall but couldn't find anything. But yeah we took some snaps @ the 3 monkeys kiosk. Then from another near by shop I took a kerala kutti frock for pihu and her favourite chamsha(goggles). For myself I found some stone bangles and junk jewelleries.
Oct 5th:
Our last day of our vacation, days pass on so fast specially the good ones ;)
Feeling bad that our vacation is ending and we have to go back to our routine schedule but I promised myself that our next vacation will not take such long :) We got ready packed up everything had semiya upma made by chuku and chinnu and started to airport around 8:50 am. We reached by 9:40 and saying a emotional good bye went for check-in.
Pihu was crying chuku chacha hona chachi hona, but I made some story and tried to keep her busy. After the security check pihu saw lays at the food court and since we dint treat her with her favourite lays for more than 5 days we bought one pack for her. She was enjoying her lays while we waited for the boarding call. There was a little girl sitting quietly with her papa, pihu offered her one chip and she refused to take, but pihu was so demanding she ultimately forced that girl to take the chip, finally the girl has to give up and take the chip. Hurrayyyyy I won was Pihu's expression :)
Pihu was crying chuku chacha hona chachi hona, but I made some story and tried to keep her busy. After the security check pihu saw lays at the food court and since we dint treat her with her favourite lays for more than 5 days we bought one pack for her. She was enjoying her lays while we waited for the boarding call. There was a little girl sitting quietly with her papa, pihu offered her one chip and she refused to take, but pihu was so demanding she ultimately forced that girl to take the chip, finally the girl has to give up and take the chip. Hurrayyyyy I won was Pihu's expression :)
Today is mom's birthday so I called her from airport only, spoke to her for a minute and hanged up. Then the boarding started since it was a big Queue we were waiting at the seating area only. Hardly only few were left out to board in pihu suddenly said potty. OMG potty at the airport again. I rushed to the rest room and got her finish her work and ran for boarding as expected we were the last one to board in. Finally boarded in and off to HYDERABAD.
GOODDDDDDD BYEEEEE KOCHIIIIIIIII............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
While we were waiting for our hamrock @ hyderabad airport pihu enjoyed @ the RGIA airport. Having fun with almost all the items over there including a ATM, battery operated golf cart and the batukamma flowers.
Finally reached home around 2:00 pm, with that our first family vacation ends with lots of happy and fun filled memories to cherish and remember forever.
GOODDDDDDD BYEEEEE VACATIONNNNNNNNN..............!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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