Monthly Archives: June 2006

Cana bridge Kerala, India

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photo by Jennifer Esperanza of a typical backwater bridge that crosses over one of the many canals that criss cross and drain the low lying inland of Kerala

Alapuzha Station. Southern Railway, India.

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The Kayankulam-Ernakulam Passenger rolls into Alapuzha station in style behind an Erode Loco on Platform No 1. The train waiting on Platform no 2 is the Ernakulam-Alapuzha Passenger.

The India railway system is very efficient, and if the trains run more slowly than the expresses in the West, then again there is so much more to see

Fort Bekal in Northern Kerala

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Alappuzha Beach Wharf

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Alapuzha Beach Wharf, originally uploaded by dbtorp.

the old loading wharf that stretches out to sea from the beach at alappuzha (Alappey) in Kerala

Sunset Reflection in the Kerala Backwaters

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Sunset Reflection, originally uploaded by akshaydavis.

backwater island at Sunset in the Kerala backwaters. It really is as peaceful as this!

where the backwaters meet the sea in Kerala

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in the distance is Pozhikkara beach on one side of which is the Arabian Sea, and on the other is the backwaters. The one makes the other salty.

Jeep road in Kerala

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Jeep road, originally uploaded by blackfin2.

track through a Cardamom plantation. The track itself will become unpassable during the monsoon except to locals travelling on foot, in the old style!

Sunset from Ramakkalmedu

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Sunset, originally uploaded by blackfin2.

Sunset in the Kerala ghats

Temple on the beach at Samudra

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multi coloured temple, originally uploaded by Ron Layters.

typically exuberant temple on Samudra beach in Kovalam in Kerala

Kerala Forest in the Ghats

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Kerala, originally uploaded by DJM3.

ethereal and mist filled shot in the forest in Kerala. Makes you aware of how tropical Kerala is

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