Helping Hands
Making our way to the local shops this morning, I was struck by just how many houses and hotels were being repainted:
part of the preparations for Christmas and this year’s lamentably quiet “high season”.
Fort Cochin’s economy is largely dependent on tourism.
After-shocks from the West’s economic woes are having considerable impact.
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Picture taken today in Fort Cochin, five days before Christmas.
Neither Use Nor Ornament 