This weekend I travelled with family to Cochin mainly for having Darshan at the Guruvayoor Krishnan temple, I come here every few years once with no particular regularity. Considering Kerala’s narrow roads I have found it convenient to stay in a Hotel in Guruvayoor itself called “Krishna Inn”, which has decent well-furnished rooms and excellent food. This time around we stayed in Cochin for the night and we just hired a taxi to drive down to Guruvayoor and return on the same day. We reached Cochin in the morning, had lunch and immediately started from Hotel Trident (Cochin) to Guruvayoor around 2 PM and reached at 5:30 PM – covering just about 95-100KMS.  We had a good Darshan in the evening, had dinner at Krishna Inn and returned around 11 PM to the Trident, Cochin.

Guruvayoor Krishnan temple

Guruvayoor Krishnan temple

Guruvayoor Krishnan temple

Guruvayoor Krishnan temple

In earlier trips to Cochin, I have stayed at Avenue Regency at M.G.Road – a nice Hotel in Ernakulam. This time I wanted to try a different place, seeing online a good deal from their website I booked at The Trident, Cochin. When I actually reached the place I realized how far the Hotel is from the City Centre or any other place. It is nested somewhere deep inside Cochin Harbour and you go through Navy security toll booth and so on. In terms of Distance, the Hotel (The Trident, Bristow Road, Cochin) is something like 55 KMS from Cochin International Airport. The Hotel itself was nice, small, nothing worth mentioning of a Trident and the food was decent. My son got a little disappointed in discovering the Swimming Pool was just 5 Feet deep, having practised in a 12 Feet pool in Hotel Savera (Chennai) this was feeling like shallow water for both of us.

Indian Bread cover for Biryani

Indian Bread cover for Biryani

The above photo shows an eco-friendly lid made from a wasted Naan (Indian Bread) used for covering a pot of Veg. Briyani served in The Trident – I found it to be a nice idea by the chef!

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