Thursday 19 November 2015

Vacation - Part 1 :)

Thank you for welcoming me back !! :)

I have been doing some crafting but I cannot show you as it is a part of secret Santa hosted by a Ravelry group in India . I have tried to minimize the vacation pics and most probably will share in four parts .

We went to a 14 day vacation to Kerala- a state on west coast of south India- a place of backwaters, mountains, lakes , beaches and most important greenery . It is the greenest state in the country . We went to six cities/town - Kochi-> Munnar-> Thekkady->Allepey-> Varkala -> Trivandrum. We had a direct flight from our city to Kochi and then from there we hired a cab for 13 days and back from Trivandrum we had a direct flight to here .

These are some pics of Kochi city . First Portuguese in 14th century and later Dutch established there colony here in 15th century . There was an old palace of king of Kochi where photography was prohibited.




We stayed in kerala styled traditional cottage, a stone and wooden structure. The lanterns on the pathway lit at night.


View from outside the room, it was raining early morning .

The backyard of the hotel was a deck from where we could see merchant ships passing by. At night they would set the deck with candle light dinner .

An old Basilica


On the way to various places, we saw a pineapple farm and tall areca nut trees. the coconut trees in the background of the pineapple farm  were to be seen across the entire state. 

We saw traditional and folk dance - Mohiniyattam and Kathakali

Models of war ships on display in a Naval museum. The city has a big Naval base.

Next ....on mountains and greenery:)

Thanks for seeing!
Preeti








23 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing some of what you saw, Preeti! I know so little about the area you visited and am enjoying learning more through your posts. While I have seen no tall palm trees here in the Portland, OR, area, I was surprised not long ago to see varieties of smaller palm trees at a plant nursery several miles from my home. Happy secret Santa stitching :) xx

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  2. That must have been a beautiful journey. I did not know about basilicas in your country.

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  3. Wow, Preeti, wonderful place!
    Thanks for sharing!
    I look forward to continuing :-)

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  4. Fantastic pictures!!! Thanks for sharing.

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  5. I will most likely never get to visit your beautiful country so I thank you for sharing your trip with us!

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  6. Kerala is such a beautiful place. I am eagerly waiting to see the photos on mountains and greenery.

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  7. Wow, you captured the beauty of the place. What a lovely vacation you had! Thank you for sharing these:)

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  8. I love Kerala too. beautiful pics

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  9. Lovely pics :) Thanks for sharing....

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  10. You're lucky to be able to visit places.For me, I'm content with life on the farm, my paradise!

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  11. I always enjoy seeing bloggers' vacation photos from places around the world I know I will never get to, Preeti--thank you for sharing :)

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  12. Looks like you had a great time. All photos are wonderful . I loved that lanterns.
    Waiting to see the photos of mountains and greenery

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  13. thank you for sharing the beautiful pictures. kerala has been on my 'to visit' list since 2009...let's see when can i make it

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  14. Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing!

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  15. It looks beautiful, thank you for sharing your photos

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  16. wow..Felt good to see my hometown cochin thru your camera

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  17. such beautiful photos pretty lady

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  18. Lovely vacation photos. Glad to see you had a fun time.
    Amalia
    xo

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  19. Preeti:: I love your pictures, they are lovely I would love to go to Mass at thaty Basilica, it looks so beautiful.

    Blessings
    Catherine

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  20. Thanks for sharing your interesting photos, so different from here.

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  21. Beautiful photographs, especially the lanterns over the pathway and so much greenery. Looking forward to part 2! :)

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  22. Wow..lovely trip..I just love kerala. .brings back the fond memories of our honeymoon! We followed the similar route in reverse order ..starting from trivandrum..thekady..allepy..munnaar and finally kochi :)

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