09-2716.jpg=Fort Kochi - Chinese fishing nets
09-2724.jpg=Fort Kochi
09-3025.jpg=Madurai
09-3015.jpg=Kerala backwaters - stop at a rice farm/fish farm
09-3023.jpg=30/9/2009 - Madurai
09-2726.jpg=Kathakali dance show in Ernaculam
09-2714.jpg=Fort Kochi - Saint Francis Church. The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama died in Kochi in 1524 when he was on his third visit to India. His body was originally buried in this church, but after fourteen years his remains were moved to Lisbon.
09-27.jpg=26/9/2009 From Kochi to our ferry trip to Fort Cochin
10-063.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
09-2718.jpg=Fort Kochi
DSC07591.JPG=Mumbai (India), then a domestic flight (Kingfisher Air) to Kochi (Cochin)
09-2722.jpg=Fort Kochi
10-061.jpg=Madurai - Meenakshi Temple
09-3027.jpg=30/9/2009 - In a public bus, a winding road leads down from the hills and across the plains to Madurai
DSC07812.JPG=Kerala backwaters - stop for lunch of large freshwater shrimp (with Chili)
09-30.jpg=27/9/2009 Next day we started our trip to the Kerala backwaters
DSC07745.JPG=Kerala backwaters\
					
DSC07715.JPG=Kathakali dance show in Ernaculam - costume and makeup preparation
09-2728.jpg=Kathakali dance show in Ernaculam
DSC07598.JPG=Our ferry trip to Fort Cochin
DSC07585.JPG=Brisbane to Mumbai (India)
09-276.jpg=Fort Cochin
09-3013.jpg=Kerala backwaters - stop at a rice farm/fish farm
09-2720.jpg=Fort Kochi fish market - local fishermen bringing in their catch
09-309.jpg=Kerala backwaters - Rice farming
DSC07675.JPG=Fort Kochi - Police station
09-306.jpg=Kerala backwaters
09-3011.jpg=Kerala backwaters
09-3020.jpg=Periyar National Park - our overnight stay before tomorrows journey to Madurai
10-0611.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
09-277.jpg=Fort Cochin
DSC07739.JPG=The Kerala backwaters are a network of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India, as well as interconnected canals, rivers, and inlets, a labyrinthine system formed by more than 900 kilometres (560 mi) of waterways, and sometimes compared to American bayous
DSC07925.JPG=journey to Madurai
10-067.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
DSC07942.JPG=Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India - city views from our hotel
09-2710.jpg=Fort Kochi
DSC07703.JPG=Leaving Fort Kochi
DSC07844.JPG=Kerala backwaters food/fish market
09-279.jpg=Fort Cochin
09-274.jpg=Fort Cochin
DSC07863.JPG=Periyar National Park \
					
09-3022.jpg=29/9/2009Periyar National Park - our overnight stay before tomorrows journey to Madurai
09-3018.jpg=Periyar National Park
DSC07592.JPG=Arriving at Kochi (Cochin)
09-2719.jpg=Fort Kochi
DSC07754.JPG=Kerala - some not so
DSC07705.JPG=Fort Kochi
DSC07741.JPG=Kerala - a few fancy homes
09-2712.jpg=Fort Kochi Chinese fishing nets - Huge mechanical contrivances hold out horizontal nets of 20 m or more across. Each structure is at least 10 m high and comprises a cantilever with an outstretched net suspended over the sea and large stones suspended from ropes as counterweights at the other end.
09-304.jpg=Kerala backwaters - Rice farming
09-2725.jpg=Kathakali dance show in Ernaculam
DSC07889.JPG=Periyar National Park - our overnight stay before tomorrows journey to Madurai
DSC07961.JPG=Meenakshi Temple is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
DSC07656.JPG=Fort Kochi - Coconut milk refreshments
09-272.jpg=Fishermen on our ferry trip to Fort Cochin
DSC07686.JPG=Fort Kochi fish market - local fishermen bringing in their catch
10-065.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
DSC07688.JPG=Fort Kochi fish market - local fishermen bringing in their catch
DSC07998.JPG=1/10/2009 - Next morning we leave Madurai by train to Villapuram
09-271.jpg=Ferry trip to Fort Cochin
09-2717.jpg=Fort Kochi
09-3016.jpg=Kerala backwaters
10-064.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
09-2723.jpg=Fort Kochi
10-062.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
09-3024.jpg=Madurai Hotel - PBX with typical untidy wiring
DSC07645.JPG=Fort Kochi - Chinese fishing nets
DSC07963.JPG=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple was built by King Kulasekara Pandya (1190-1216 CE). He built the main Portions of the three-storeyed gopura at the entrance of Sundareswarar Shrine and the central portion of the Goddess Meenakshi Shrine are some of the earliest surviving parts of the temple.
09-308.jpg=Kerala backwaters - Rice farming
09-2727.jpg=Kathakali dance show in Ernaculam - costume and makeup preparation
10-06.jpg=Madurai
DSC07744.JPG=Kerala backwaters\
					
09-2721.jpg=Fort Kochi fish market - local fishermen bringing in their catch
09-3014.jpg=Kerala backwaters - stop at a rice farm/fish farm where Les had to get a closer look and lost his crocs
10-0610.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
09-2715.jpg=Fort Kochi - Chinese fishing nets
09-3026.jpg=Madurai
DSC07917.JPG=30/9/2009 - journey to Madurai\
					
DSC07584.JPG=25/9/2009 - Les and I fly from Brisbane to Mumbai (India)
10-069.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
DSC07755.JPG=Kerala - some not so
09-2729.jpg=Kathakali dance show in Ernaculam
10-068.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
09-2711.jpg=Chinese fishing nets are a type of stationary lift net in India. They are fishing nets that are fixed land installations for fishing.
09-3012.jpg=Kerala backwaters - stop for lunch of large freshwater shrimp (with Chili)
DSC07845.JPG=Kerala backwaters food/fish market\
					
DSC07843.JPG=Kerala backwaters
09-3010.jpg=Kerala backwaters - Rice farming
DSC07657.JPG=Fort Kochi - Chinese fishing nets
09-307.jpg=Kerala backwaters - Rice farming
DSC07932.JPG=Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India - making festival garlands\
					
09-275.jpg=Fort Cochin
09-278.jpg=Fort Cochin
DSC07826.JPG=Kerala backwaters - stop at a rice farm/fish farm\
					
DSC07810.JPG=Kerala backwaters
10-0612.jpg=30/9/2009Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
09-3019.jpg=Periyar National Park - our overnight stay before tomorrows journey to Madurai
DSC07924.JPG=journey to Madurai
DSC07766.JPG=28/9/2009 Kerala backwaters - Our homestay for one night\
					
DSC07930.JPG=Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
09-303.jpg=Kerala backwaters - Our homestay for one night
09-2713.jpg=Fort Kochi - Saint Francis Church, originally built in 1503, is one of the oldest European churches in India and has great historical significance as a mute witness to the European colonial struggle in the subcontinent.
DSC07672.JPG=Fort Kochi - Chinese fishing nets
10-066.jpg=Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple
DSC07685.JPG=Fort Kochi fish market - local fishermen bringing in their catch
DSC07593.JPG=Arriving at Kochi (Cochin)
09-273.jpg=Fort Cochin
DSC07851.JPG=After Kerala backwaters, we travel through plantations of rubber, tea and coffee to the spice plantations of Thekkady and the lake of Periyar National Park \
					
09-3021.jpg=Periyar National Park - our overnight stay before tomorrows journey to Madurai
DSC07943.JPG=Madurai is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the banks of River Vaigai, Madurai has been a major settlement for two millennia.
09-305.jpg=Kerala backwaters - Rice farming
DSC07710.JPG=Later in the evening we enjoyed a Kathakali dance show in Ernaculam
09-3017.jpg=29/9/2009 - Periyar National Park