TRIVANDRUM & KOVALAM, KERALA. INDIA

CAN ANYONE BELIEVE THERE IS A HOARD OF GOLD AND PRECIOUS ITEMS WORTH AN ESTIMATED US200,000.000,000(TWO HUNDRED BILLION). YES  IT'S THERE IN A TEMPLE IN TRIVANDRUM KNOWN AS PADMANABHASWAMI TEMPLE.

NAPIER MUSEUM.

MALE FLOWER OF THE CANNONBALL TREE.

RAPTOR ABOVE MUSEUM.

PADMANABHASWAMI TEMPLE

NOTE THE POLICE AND ARMY PERSONNELS.

KOVALAM BEACH.

SUNSET, ARABIAN SEA.

SUNRISE AT BEACH.

FISHING VILLAGE SCENE.

HOTEL'S PERMANENT RESDENT.

HOTEL GROUNDS.

LAKE VEMBANAD & BACKWATERS CRUISE. KERALA, INDIA

CRUISING ON LAKE VEMBANAD WHICH IS BELOW SEA LEVEL CAN BEST DESCRIBED AS RELAXING. IN THE AFTERNOON THE LAKE WAS SURPRISINGLY CHOPPY. THE CANALS ARE THE MOST INTERESTING PART OF THE HOUSEBOAT CRUISE. BIRDS ABOUND IN THE BACKWATERS.

FLOWERS AT HOTEL BACKWATER RIPPLES.

CRUISING ON LAKE VEMBANAD.

CHOPPY WATER IN THE AFTERNOON.

SAND MINERS.

HOTEL HOUSEBOAT.

LAKE VEMBANAD SUNSET .

POND HERON OUTSIDE HOTEL ROOM.

WATERLILY.

FISHING AT DAWN.

LITTLE CORMORANT.

DOUBLE DECKER HOUSEBOAT.

KINGFISHER.

JUST HAD HIS FILL.

WATERLILY.

CATTLE EGRET FISHING.

POND HERON.

LOCAL SKINK.

GUESTS BOARDING HOUSEBOAT.

EXCELLENTLY REFURBISHED HOUSEBOAT.

FISHING WITH CHINESE FISHING NETS IS CARRIED OUT AT NIGHT.

LITTLE CORMORANTS.

LAKE FISHERMEN.

LOCAL FERRY.

HOUSEBOAT RACE?

LOCALS.

RELAXING AFTERNOON BACKWATERS CRUISE.

HOOK AND LINE FISHING.

FISHING FROM HOUSEBOAT.

READY TO SHOOT.

FISHING WITH CAST NET IN THE EVENING.

MORNING IN THE BACKWATERS.

MORNING IN THE BACKWATERS

WATERLILY IN THE MIDDLE OF CANAL.

KINGFISHER.

SWAMP HEN.

MORNING FISHING.

GREATER CORMORANTS.

IDYLLIC.

FERRYING SAND MINED FROM LAKE VEMBANAD.