Cochin lodge 4359
Crispy was determined to spend money. She has been very restrained over the past two weeks. Mostly because the temptation has been reduced by there being nothing to buy of any merit. Today she was determined to go full on and spend as much as she could on tourist momentoes and a new outfit.
Buying anything here, other that essentials is almost as bad as bartering for a tuk tuk.
Its an endless back and fro of "how much" ' no way" "but its best quality sir" "your having a laugh" "excuse me sir I'm no laughing" " I'll give you thirty" "no sir not possible, two hundred" "OK, forget it" " OK sir one hundred" " its thirty or nothing" " OK, your my first business today, give me fifty" " no thirty" " OK sir 35" "thirty, you have five seconds, 5,4,3,2, " "OK sir thirty, no problem". It took two hours to buy five sticks of incence and a pen.
Its exhausting. I just wish they would put sticker prices on things. There's a lot to be said for sticker prices. When we go home I am going to start a national "let's celebrate price sticker day" In my opinion they are terribly under appreciated.
My favourites are pound shops. I always enjoy taking random items to the spotty youth behind the counter and asking" excuse me. How much is this?". The answer is always "its a pound". A few minutes later returning with another item asking"how much is this please. There's no price on it". "Its a pound". I know its purile but I like to see how many times I can do it before the shop assistant gets wazzed off and loses their temper or develops a nose bleed. You should try it..
After four hours and three purchases totalling less than four pounds Crispy gave up and we returned to the hotel.
It was just as well as Captain Sonhi, the secretary of Cochin lodge, was due to pick us up and take us to his Hall. Sonhi is the most lovely man. 73 years old and a retired sea Captain. We had a wonderful couple of hours with him discussing masonry (that's freemasonry, not stones) and asking each other about the similarities and differences between our lodges.
He gave me a comemmerative plate to give to the lodge. We have arranged to keep in touch and try and keep each other updated about what our lodges are doing.
The suns setting and we are going to get ready for dinner.
Oh, the pizza's were absolutley amazing. I think Crispy is going to insist we go there again tonight. The restaurant owner, Thomas, has worked both in Italy and on the cruise ships as a chef and certainly knows his pizza. It was a great surprise.
Bare and Crispy signing off, Cochin, Kerala, India
Crispy was determined to spend money. She has been very restrained over the past two weeks. Mostly because the temptation has been reduced by there being nothing to buy of any merit. Today she was determined to go full on and spend as much as she could on tourist momentoes and a new outfit.
Buying anything here, other that essentials is almost as bad as bartering for a tuk tuk.
Its an endless back and fro of "how much" ' no way" "but its best quality sir" "your having a laugh" "excuse me sir I'm no laughing" " I'll give you thirty" "no sir not possible, two hundred" "OK, forget it" " OK sir one hundred" " its thirty or nothing" " OK, your my first business today, give me fifty" " no thirty" " OK sir 35" "thirty, you have five seconds, 5,4,3,2, " "OK sir thirty, no problem". It took two hours to buy five sticks of incence and a pen.
Its exhausting. I just wish they would put sticker prices on things. There's a lot to be said for sticker prices. When we go home I am going to start a national "let's celebrate price sticker day" In my opinion they are terribly under appreciated.
My favourites are pound shops. I always enjoy taking random items to the spotty youth behind the counter and asking" excuse me. How much is this?". The answer is always "its a pound". A few minutes later returning with another item asking"how much is this please. There's no price on it". "Its a pound". I know its purile but I like to see how many times I can do it before the shop assistant gets wazzed off and loses their temper or develops a nose bleed. You should try it..
After four hours and three purchases totalling less than four pounds Crispy gave up and we returned to the hotel.
It was just as well as Captain Sonhi, the secretary of Cochin lodge, was due to pick us up and take us to his Hall. Sonhi is the most lovely man. 73 years old and a retired sea Captain. We had a wonderful couple of hours with him discussing masonry (that's freemasonry, not stones) and asking each other about the similarities and differences between our lodges.
He gave me a comemmerative plate to give to the lodge. We have arranged to keep in touch and try and keep each other updated about what our lodges are doing.
The suns setting and we are going to get ready for dinner.
Oh, the pizza's were absolutley amazing. I think Crispy is going to insist we go there again tonight. The restaurant owner, Thomas, has worked both in Italy and on the cruise ships as a chef and certainly knows his pizza. It was a great surprise.
Bare and Crispy signing off, Cochin, Kerala, India
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