On Tuesday at 1:45 a.m. we begin to make our way back home. This has been an incredible journey and it seems we've been here for much longer than 20 days because of the breadth of this experience.
The last part of our time here has been so different. We left the relatively cold northern Indian state of Rajasthan and have spent one night houseboating in the southern Indian, tropical paradise that is Kerela and the last two nights staying at the very sweet Punnamada Resort.
Just before that, we stayed for three nights with Beena and Suda at their home in Kochi, where we met up with our friends Sarah and Bruce. We also met a number of other foreign travelers while there and had some wonderful conversations about world politics and their travel adventures - one man has been to 66 countries! Beena and Suda were great hosts and we would recommend them to anyone traveling here. Please enjoy these final photos and we'll simply add captions as needed for you to get a sense of where we were.
The last part of our time here has been so different. We left the relatively cold northern Indian state of Rajasthan and have spent one night houseboating in the southern Indian, tropical paradise that is Kerela and the last two nights staying at the very sweet Punnamada Resort.
Just before that, we stayed for three nights with Beena and Suda at their home in Kochi, where we met up with our friends Sarah and Bruce. We also met a number of other foreign travelers while there and had some wonderful conversations about world politics and their travel adventures - one man has been to 66 countries! Beena and Suda were great hosts and we would recommend them to anyone traveling here. Please enjoy these final photos and we'll simply add captions as needed for you to get a sense of where we were.
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| Taxi drivers awaiting passengers at Kochi airport |
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| Peppercorn vine |
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| Ginger ready to be packed and shipped at spice market in Kochi |
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| Chinese Fishing Nets at Kochi |
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| Kochi fishmarket |
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| Weights to lift fishing nets in foreground with container loaders for ocean freighters at Kochi harbor in background |
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| Man walks out onto poles to lower nets |
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| Party lights at Punnamada |
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| Handmade decorations from banana leaves |
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| Sam had a Rooster Burger (turned out to be chicken) |
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| Ken & Barbie Indian Style |
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| Banyon Tree (so large, can you see our friend Bruce at the trunk?) |
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| Kerela woman making chapati |
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| We forget what this woman is making, but they sit on the sidewalk along busy streets |
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| Beena and Suda |
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| What they call prawns in Kerela |
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| Houseboat just like the one we spent a day and night on |
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| Indian woman off to cut wood at backwaters of Alapuzha |
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| Friendly girl at water's edge |
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| Rice paddies |
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| More friendly folks on backwaters |
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| Washing pots at water's edge |
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| Backwater "school bus" stop |
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| School "bus" |
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| Captain of houseboat nearing sunset |
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| There are many hosueboats on the backwaters |
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| Very old Syrian Catholic church |
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| Sunset on backwaters from houseboat |
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| A salamander awaiting dinner on houseboat ceiling light |
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| How's this for balance? |
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| Backwater sailing craft |
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| Water lilies at Punnamada Resort shrine |
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| This man is collecting Toddi (coconut nectar which can be fermented into alcoholic beverage) |
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| Backwater commuters |
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| We're not sure if this is a small houseboat or large commuter vessel |
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| Companions on backwater travels from California, Germany and UK - we had a great time with them |
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| Clean pool without benefit of chemicals at Punnamada but we still don't know how they do it |
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| Where houseboats set sail from Punnamada Resort |
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| Kingfisher - very well loved bird of India |
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| Shrine for Lord Krisha at Punnamada (there are shrines for many gods in many, many places in India) |
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| Entrance to Punnamada - tropical paradise |
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| Where our journey back home begins |
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| Goodbye to India |
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