Monday, October 5, 2009

Bustle (Hyderabad). Relax (Kerala).

goodbye for now, hyderabad.  
off to kerala!

impromptu palm reading.

suddenly on a train watching everything go by.

fresh train art. 
(the first of many)


on the way to kerala-- sometime in the 24 hour ride-- 






we made it! 

now lets hit the water 

not really. too dirty.

as proven by the lovely view from dinner.  as one especially bucktoothed aussie put it, "greenpeace wouldn't like the looks of that."

and ii feel just like a child

water flowers.

thank you for that stench of fresh fish before dinner.


kathakali dance performance 

it takes them up to 10 hours to do makeup.



thats longer than the sleep we got.

a pretty OK pitstop.

ducking from the sudden rain

mini nanners



hey.

munchmunchmunch

sick sick martin...


...she's 22 months preggers! c'mon.

slave driver

time for a trek.  get on the leech battle gear.

shroomies!

leeeeeeech. eek. they were everywhere and we were always covered, always pouring salt on ourselves.


oh no... there's one on my ass!

we made it to the waterfall---







it was stormy the second half of the trek. totally soaked.

most cherished of fires.

our clothes were steaming.

the measures we took to be leech free.

manlove round the fire.

the fire room was a graveyard of sorts.

houseboat ride in the backwaters of kerala! i have never felt so pampered.  we were given fresh jasmine necklaces and drank fresh coconut water with a straw.  quite different from other india travel experiences.  

our captain.

toddy-- coconut ferment.






never let go...






say your prayers.





the boat mext to us that we eventually commandeered.






we're so exhausted from all the relaxing we've been doing.

cute family across from us

scenes in passing---



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