Kannur to Fort Cochin 3

the patient elephant with brahmin on back comes out of the temple in the midst of all the kavadi

our VIP lunch at the Thrissur festival

the drummers drum, the elephants stand facing the temple at Thrissur


this mahout toured us around the elephant sanctuary and told us lots of gossip about all 64 elephants

Kannur to Fort Cochin 2

the 'tank' in the Muslim area of Calicut















a colourful Christian procession in Calicut














traffic in front of our hotel in Thrissur














fireworks at the temple in Thrissur
kavadi floats the next morning WOW

Kannur to Fort Cochin

banana leaf dinner, yummy














Bill walks on our secluded Costa Malabari beach














at 72 this man weaves for 8 hours daily



















trance dance at 4 a.m. is part of theyyam ritual

mysore to madikeri first photos

Mysore Market

colourful powders at Mysore Market

















96,000 lights at Mysore Palace on Sunday night
















overtaking traffic

Mysore to Madikeri

1. our hostess at Madikeri homestay
2. room service at our Madikeri homestay
3.Bill and Judith on top of the Western Ghats at Rainforest Retreat
4. Judith goes native
5. Sculpture at Somnathur temple

Bangalore and Mysore

This is a matching exercise: life at the palace; a hand's on experience ;
New Year's Eve; lunch preparation ; Bill's new job; offerings at the temple