Christmas and New Year 2007-2008 in Kerala and Tamil Nadu - India
20.12.2007 - 02.01.2008
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this holiday some weeks before and we were really looking forward to leave
the stressy Mumbai and go to a place where we could enjoy the sea, the
nature. Destination Kerala was clear but it should not be the touristic
developed south around Cochin bur the quieter north of the state. After hours searching in internet and tens of telephone calls Diana
put together the trip. We flew to Kozhikode (former Calicut) and spend the first days 20km north of the city on Kappad Beach - the beach where Vasco da Gama landed in 1498, in a small resort overlooking the Arabian sea. We celebrate a quiet Christmas there, enjoying the sunset and the evening buffet. Two nights we stood on the so called backwaters of Kerala, the river system behind the coast, on a houseboat. A really enjoyable and relaxing experience especially that we were on the only boat operating in the area. |
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Take off from crowded and polluted Mumbai...
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to land in green Kerala
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The beach in front of our resort
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is continued with another stretch of fine yellow sand
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The view from our balcony during day...
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and in the evening of the sun setting in the Arabian Sea
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Fishermen waiting for the boat
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Young Indian men spend their free time watching a group of foreigners, especially the ladies, bathing in the sea | ||
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Our houseboat who cruises us on the backwater of Calicut
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Sitting and relaxing on the houseboat watching the landscape of backwaters
and the dayly life of the local people
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Fishermen
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Group of fishermen catching shrimps
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Coir (coconut fibre) "factory", one of the main produce of Kerala
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Fisherman with interesting hat
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Fishermen at sunset
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Fisherman selling the fresh mussels to our cook
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Kite
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Kite in attack flight
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 Our boat ist parked for the night in a quiet bay |
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Small hindu temple in a village
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| Sunrise over backwater
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Local transport
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Fish shop where we bought fresh provisions
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One of km long unspoiled beaches of Kerala
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 The boatmen is picking fresh coconut for us |
 Group photo with the people from the village where one of the boat men came from |
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 Returning with a small rowing boat from beach and village visit |
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 Michael with the cook and the boatman |
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