Cherai Beach (Vypin Island), our first day in India, and what an amazing beach!!
The Chill Out Cafe on Cherai Beach, Vypin Island at sunset
A lovely bunch of coconuts
A traditional rice boat on the backwaters of Alleppey
Alleppey backwaters
Freshly caught crabs
Our boat, Alleppey backwaters
Alleppey backwaters
One of the staff on our hired boat, Alleppey backwaters
Two Indian crows enjoying the beginning of sunset, Alleppey backwaters
Our boat, moored up for the night
The smokey sunset on our exploration of the Alleppey backwaters
Two men from our boat going fishing for little silver fish
You can't beat a delicious vegetable biriyani
Indians on Varkala Beach
A bit of art in the back yard of our hostel, Alleppey Beach
Indian crows and graffiti
A bit of tired grafitti?
The back roads near our hostel at Alleppey Beach
Not sure what this hut is, maybe it's a garden shed, but I like it!!
Little hut on Alleppey Beach
The back yard of our hostel, Alleppey Beach
An interesting and colourful use of sand bags
I love the way they hand-write signs in India
An interesting flower shop on our taxi ride from Alleppey Beach to Varkala
Bricks made and stored outdoors, somewhere between Alleppey Beach and Varkala
The vast majority of Indian vehicles have "Sound Horn" written on the back
An interesting decoration on this building
A sign for Varkala Beach, in front of a golden statue
I found this arrangement interesting! Varkala Beach
Lovely sari-clad ladies on Varkala Beach
The "sludge pond" by our bungalow, Varkala Beach
There were lots of these paper stars hanging at Varkala Beach
An interesting style of accommodation near to us at Varkala Beach
Pretty pink flowers by our bungalow at Varkala Beach
A stall trader on the cliffs above Varkala Beach. At first I thought the baby was
a doll, it gave me the fright of my life when I realised that it was actually alive!
The view from a cafe on Varkala Beach
Another delicious Veg Biriyani
I liked this colour combination
A little ice-cream cart
A gentleman resting in the midday heat, near to Varkala Beach
A lovely pink bus
One of many tired looking buildings
Looking up to the Varkala Beach cliffs
A view to the west of Varkala Beach, with the cliffs above. This beach was
lovely but it had a very terrible sandy-wind that liked to whip you as you lay
Men looking very nice wearing dhotis on Varkala Beach
Another interesting bit of advertising near to Varkala Beach
Hand-painted Kingfisher signs, of which there were many in around Varkala Beach
The interesting interior of The Juice Shack up on Varkala Beach cliffs
A lady performing a traditional dance outside the temple in Varkala
Outside the Varkala Temple was this temporary structure
Lots of lovely bananas outside the temple
The Temple in Varkala
Very plastic looking ice-cream cones outside the temple
I think these were balloons??
"You are an organic being constantly evolving"
Decorations in Varkala for the Holly Celebrations
The front view of a jazzy tuk-tuk
The back of another jazzy tuk-tuk
A bus stop that caught my eye
More painted Kingfisher signs, complete with cow
Holly Celebrations near to Varkala Beach
Holly Celebrations near to Varkala Beach, lots of very enthusiastic drummers
Holly Celebrations near to Varkala Beach
Holly Celebrations near to Varkala Beach
Holly Celebrations near to Varkala Beach
Night view of a Varkala Beach restaurant on the sea
An Indian Kingfisher watching the early morning cricket on Varkala Beach
I think this was a game of "shoot the heart with an air rifle", on the banks of a dam between Munnar town and the Top Station. I just loved all of the colourful bits of balloon that are sitting underneath the board
Another game of "shoot the hearts" at the same dam near to Munnar
The legendary techno tuk-tuk
Lots of these flowers are to be found in Kerala, they have an interesting section of square components
A view over-looking the tea plantations in Munnar
A view of tea picker's and local's accommodation
Looking down over the tea plantations
Looking up into the tea plantations
The Honey Bee Tree, on the way to the Top Station on our tuk-tuk tour of the local area
The first dam between Munnar town and the Top Station
Tea pickers up high in the plantations
Our techno tuk-tuk driver on the way up to the Top Station at Munnar
A market stall at night, the Bazaar, Munnar
Lifesavers on Varkala Beach. The currents here are really dangerous!
A view out over Varkala Beach from a cafe on the cliffs
Rubbish on the cliffs at Varkala Beach
Holly Celebrations near to Varkala Beach, more relaxed drummers
Lots of tired fabrics, not sure how they came to be on the beach?!
A large beach, sand swirl
One of many, many crabs on Varkala Beach
Indians playing two games of cricket at 8am on Varkala Beach
Some fun graffiti found above Varkala Beach
... and some more!
A pretty sight I came across whilst on my early morning wonder of Varkala Beach
Looking back towards Varkala Beach
An Indian crow welcoming you to the Tibetan Market, Varkala Beach
Spices
A little lizard, Varkala Beach
Approaching sunset at Varkala Beach
Locals enjoying Varkala Beach
Young men messing around in the surf, Varkala Beach
Locals enjoying Varkala Beach
Young men messing around in the surf, Varkala Beach
A lady waiting for the fish to be brought in
Fishermen hauling in the morning's catch about 30 minutes walk away from Varkala Beach
More grafitti
Locals enjoying Varkala Beach
Locals enjoying Varkala Beach
Fishermen looking at their catch
Sorting out the fish
Pushing the boat out to collect more goods from the sea
Crows looking out at the fish coming in
A very pretty building/ temple to the West of Varkala Beach
Men making fishing nets (and then having a rather large disagreement!)
The beach west of Varkala
A cow on the beach west of Varkala, another one followed moments later
Waving to myself
The building/ temple to the west of Varkala Beach
People trying to get their hands on some fish
