Slices of Kerala Life

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≈ bridge ≈ Kerala, India ≈, originally uploaded by Jennifer Esperanza.
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 [...]

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Alapuzha Station. Southern Railway, India., originally uploaded by dbtorp.
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 [...]

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bekal fort, originally uploaded by The Benevolent Order of the Scurrilous Monks.

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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

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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!

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where the backwaters meet the sea, originally uploaded by Ron Layters.
in the distance is Pozhikkara beach on one side of which is the Arabian Sea, and on the other is the backwaters. The one [...]

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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!

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Sunset, originally uploaded by blackfin2.
Sunset in the Kerala ghats

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multi coloured temple, originally uploaded by Ron Layters.
typically exuberant temple on Samudra beach in Kovalam in Kerala

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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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