Today we spent our second day in Cochin. We started off the day by going to a communal centre where people would go to wash their clothes. After this we went to the Mattancherry Palace. This told a history of Cochin and had many historical artifacts and murals. In the palace we found out that Cochin has been ruled by the Portuguese, Dutch and the English. There has only ever been one female ruler of Cochin and it was Rani Gangadhara Lakshmi (1656-58). Before lunch we had a talk from an entymoligist where he answered our questions about the local ecosystem of Kerala and Cochin in particular. It was interesting to hear about the impact of global warming on the ecosystem. After lunch we explored the local area and markets. In the early evening we went on a boat tour of the surrounding estuary. After the boat ride we finished the day by going to an art gallery centred around all the different cultures in Cochin.
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