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India 2017: Kerala

Kerala is the southernmost state of India, and a place like nowhere I've ever been. From the misty mountain tea plantations to the canals along the tropical coast, it's a place I'd happily visit again and again.
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Kerala Video: Munnar Day 1
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Kerala Video: Munnar Day 1

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  • Kerala Video: Munnar Day 1
  • Kerala Video: Munnar Day 2
  • Kerala Video: Alleppey Day 3
  • We awoke LONG before the sun to catch our 7:30 flight to Kochi.
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  • Kerala is known for it's system of canals, or the "backwaters."
  • Misspellings (and new gender assignment) aside, I could get used to being welcomed by a driver whenever I step off an airplane...
  • Another car, another dashboard Ganesha.
  • It was a very long and winding drive to our first stop, Munnar.
  • Mist, mountains and monkeys...
  • Known for tea production, there are tea plantations throughout this mountainous region.
  • I was fascinated with the graphics of the tea plants themselves. Rows made of square-ish shrubs that, when seen collectively, reminded me of a Dr. Seuss book.
  • In Kerala, Catholicism was the predominant religion, with Jesus (and a varied cast of saints) replacing Vishnu and Ganesha.
  • There were several raging waterfalls along our journey to the resort.
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  • Along the way to Munnar, we stopped at a spice plantation. We had a guided tour, led by a man who told us, "You from America? We miss Obama..."
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  • I wish I could remember what these were--maybe coffee beans? Peppercorns? I need to learn to write stuff down as I photograph...
  • This was a cocoa pod, ripening on the tree.
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