They announce feeling of the temperature for today of 40 deg Celsius… No need to order Uber ride – most of tuk-tuk (3-wheel moto taxi have installed counters) just make sure that it is switched on! I went in the morning to the most important museum of Trivandrum – lord Napier Museum:
Locals pay here for entry 30 rupees. From me they wanted 6,5 times more: 200. Scandal! Inside there ic collection of artifacts from colonial periods. Building itself is also interesting – mixture of orient and oriental style. The park around houses zoo and many flowers. From the museum I took a walk along main street to St Joseph’s catholic cathedral. Just opposite there are other, but closed temples: The mosque and hindu Ganesh temple:
There were peaceful manifestation in the main street but I don’t know what they are fighting for – not that language:
Then I went to the central station to buy a ticket. In the 21st century it took me more than an hour to fill the forms and stay in the line. Finally I got only one-way ticket and info that they do not accept credit cards issued outside India. But I was waiting with very interesting people:
I returned walking, to see more… Just see the flower necklaces produced by street vendor. The ones in my my national colors I liked most:
