Backwaters of Kerala

Our tour through the backwaters of Kerala introduced us to 

many beautiful and incredible sights.

All in a days work.

Clearing the water hyacinths for fishing.  The water is so reflective,
his lunghi is vividly displayed in the water.  

Careful with that camera.... Bev says, "this is easy, no problem!"

True view of backwater canal, duplicate view in fact.

Our cruise view while in the longboat.

One toddy tapper in a short boat.  On his way to tap some coconut trees.  

Babu, our boatman.  All six of us are in the longboat powered by Babu.  

Our gentleman host for lunch.  We snacked on fresh banana fritters and
 papaya with coconut and mustard seeds.  Delicious!

Kerala- Southern Coastal India

Our trip to Kochi where we spent some time on the coast admiring the 

Chinese fishing nets and fisherman.  

Wish you were here.  Lunch was fantastic!

Fishing net crew.

Chinese fishing nets

Caught in action along the Arabian Sea.

Our turn to lower the nets.

Heave Ho!

Mastan Nagar School

We spent the morning with the 4th grade children at Mastan Nagar school.  October is the beginning of winter in Hyderabad so we decided to make snowmen!  The children recognized our snowman picture immediately so creating their own was much fun.  We also wrote down English words for winter on the chalkboard.  

Papa starts the project with the boys.

Excited girls getting ready to make their first snowman.

Classroom of 21 students, all busy at work.  No overhead lights (only light from the window tops).
We did not run the fans because our "snow" was blowing away.   

The end result; one snowman with English winter words too!

Pre-school children at lunch time.

These guys have it all figured out.

Yummy!