SKYWATCH IN KERALA

I recently went on a houseboat cruise in Kerala ,south India and these pictures were taken from within the houseboat.These are photos of the changing sky ,taken as we travelled along lake Vembanad-If you like you can see more of my cruise in my previous posts.Thanks to the skywatch team for this fun meme,for more pictures of skies from around the world go to  http://skyley.blogspot.com/
Thank you

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KUMARAKOM TO ALLEPPEY KERALA BY HOUSEBOAT part 2

As the sun sets on lake Vembanad I capture these images from  within the houseboat.We've been cruising since afternoon and now the boat is docked at Alleppey for the night-there's only a few...maybe four or five boats docked at this strip and everyone stays on board,so it's pretty lonely out here, the beautiful sunset soon fades and darkness covers the lake,only the dim lights  from the

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A HOUSEBOAT CRUISE - KUMARAKOM KERALA

FROM KUMARAKOM-ALLEPPEY (Part-1) with photos.


We started our cruise down  lake vembanad from Kumarakom,a fishing village near Kottayam in the state of Kerala, south India.The resort we stayed in made the arrangements and at 12 noon  we boarded our cruise at the back of the resort.....the backwaters of lake vembanad.Houseboat or kettuvallom in malayalam, the language spoken in Kerala-was a way

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I'M BACK!

Hello everyone,
I'm back! I went for a long tour of the south of India and just came back a week ago.Boy, was I exhausted!Sorry for not informing y'all before I set out,you see it was to be only for a week-but I was having such a good time travelling that I kept going.Internet access was real hard to come by and as a rule I never use public wi-fi to open my blogs,all I had was internet via my

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MY TOUR OF SHIMLA,KUFRI AND NARKANDA

About two years ago I spent christmas in Shimla,the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh in N.west India.I wanted to have a white christmas!We took off by car and after about 7 hrs the hubby and I were in Shimla.Going round & round the steep hills always makes me sick.Shimla is around 350kms from Delhi and there are many buses going there , you can also take a train to this place.

The first

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A PRESENT FOR YOUR BLOG.

I got this award awhile ago...in oct,Sorry ,It took soooo long,anyway I thought I'd give it out to all my followers ....Christmas is just around the corner and  I'm in the mood for giving :)Bhavesh gave me this,do check out his informative bloghttp://infobybvc.blogspot.com/  Have a good day :)

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MONUMENTS IN HAUZ KHAS VILLAGE AREA.

Hauz Khas means royal tank.
In the last post I mentioned old monuments just outside Deer park and a shopping area selling antiques,furniture,old paintings/prints,books, & designer wear.The whole place looks like time stood still....well almost,the nearby apartments and shops jolt us back to reality.The narrow lanes hold so many treasures and is a must see when you visit deer park.I couldn't take

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