The eyes, ears and nose of a young traveller exploring Kochi, India, for the first time
A big step when you've never travelled farther than Melbourne.
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A big step when you've never travelled farther than Melbourne.
Seventeen hours after farewelling the naysayers, I arrived in darkness but certainly not the cold. At 11pm, temperatures in Kochi sat in the mid-20s, with humidity hovering around 70%. It was the end…
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