Impressions of Kerala, India in photos and words

[Lisbeth]

Good looking lady with son at a local stand



The small bananas (there are none in this pic) are delicious, much better than the normal sized ones.

[Richprins]

Really fascinating stuff....like a paradise!

Huge beaches, like SA!

More, please!

[nan]

and the ride

[Lisbeth]

Thursday, 24th Dec. 2015

A boat trip through the local back waters, which compared to the ones further north are very small. You will see the real ones in the New Year





Mangroves



Washing day for Man, Animal and ....clothes

[Lisbeth]

Operation coconut milk









The coconut milk is very refreshing and has quite a good taste

[Lisbeth]

Now to the difficult part

We saw quite a few birds, but from there and to taking a decent pic the road is a difficult one, at least for me and on a moving boat

A sort of sea eagle, smaller than the SA fish eagle. A Brahminy Kite Nan





A little cormorant





Is there something sitting out there



We'll sail closer



A snakebird (Oriental darter)



A small.....

[Lisbeth]

The last birds later

This is where the sweet waters meet the sea



These look a lot like cows to me



Fishing for lunch





Floating restaurant also called tourist trap



The guy sailing the boat tried to convince us, that the rock looks like an elephant



There are lots of white egrets in all sizes around



Holiday cottages, I suppose



Now I am going to get myself a cup of coffee! will finish in a moment

[nan]

wow superb


I think the raptor is a Brahminy Kite
good capture

I've got a book : Birds of India
will search the others... if I have time

[Lisbeth]

Thank you, Nan There is no hurry

[Lisbeth]

Coffee finished

Then I heard someone calling: Kingfisher!!

And there it was a beautiful big White-breasted kingfisher



Boat rolling and the "best" pic became a blurd





I was so happy to have seen a kingfisher

and then a couple of Blue-tailed bee-eaters Nan for the ID







No lack of palmtrees



A big Indian cormorant





Luckily there was not much traffic, actually we only met a few boats going out when we returned ....and some empty ones





and this is when I ran out of battery
I only got this pic of a kind of stork



and when I had changed the batteries the bird was of course gone

Our "driver"



A scene of village life



End of backwater outing

On the way home we had to stop at the doctor's because Fa has a swollen, hurting, inflamed ankle/back of the foot. The Doc THOUGHT that he had been bitten by something (I am less sure about that) and gave him antibiotics and two kinds of ointments and told us to come back on Sunday. I have just cancelled our table for our Christmas lunch as Mister is not feeling too well (foot hurting) *sigh*

I might go to the beach later though