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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2013 14:22:04 GMT
I love the sunrise sequence.
It looks like they had a paint sale in town. Luxembourg looks a lot like that (well, maybe not all that much) because they do not seem to have any rules about the proper colours to paint buildings, unlike a lot of the rest of Europe. But in a hot sunny climate like India, it looks just fine.
I bet that rooster by the boats was tough and mean, because he looks quite healthy and doesn't seem like he could be tricked into somebody's cooking pot.
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Post by spindrift1 on May 30, 2013 21:09:41 GMT
Yes, that rooster looks mean for sure! That's the beach that was really smelly. It was full of old garbage and goodness knows what else. There were a fair amount of clothes washed up onto the rocks, the same as I saw at Rameshwaram. I am hoping that someone will enlighten me as to why the clothes are cast into the sea in the first place. By the time I reached Cochin I felt inclined to toss mine in as well. Those colours look great in hot climates and many people living in Goa paint their houses in the same way. I had no idea that Luxembourgers indulge in colourful paint effects
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Post by spindrift1 on May 30, 2013 21:23:26 GMT
The sea was rough and quite cold! Stalls mostly selling shells and conches ~ those lightshades are made of shells. Some random shots to finish off Outside each temple there are places where one can leave shoes, like this Behind the temple ~ The next day we left Tamil Nadu and crossed the border into Kerala. Immediately there was a different feel about it. Whereas Tamil Nadu was a parched land, Kerala had water in abundance. We took the coast road towards Alleppey
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Post by nycgirl on May 31, 2013 3:30:22 GMT
That sunrise is really spectacular. Well worth getting up early for. I love the brightly-hued houses near the church, and once again you captured some nice portraits of the locals. Those kids are really cute. It's funny to see the universality of little boys throwing up "macho" hand gestures. They do that here, too.
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Post by lugg on Jun 1, 2013 6:47:19 GMT
The town is so colourful and looks a pleasant place indeed. I love the sunrise sequence. It is so nice to see the people actually bathing and enjoying the sea , that part of the beach does not appear to have rubbish ?
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Post by bjd on Jun 1, 2013 7:44:31 GMT
Luxemburgers probably need colour more than Indians do.
I'm surprised the water was cold, spindrift. I would have thought it would be quite warm there.
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Post by spindrift1 on Jun 1, 2013 19:42:27 GMT
lugg - there wasn't any rubbish where people were bathing in the sea. It was mainly on the beaches where the fishing boats were moored.
bjd - it's true the water wasn't very cold but I didn't think it was very warm either! Maybe something to do with the three oceans converging?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 2, 2013 1:05:43 GMT
I love that photo of the waves and the rocks.
That was my thought, too -- about the three oceans converging. Isn't the water at Cape Town supposed to have some kind of similar effect?
Nice to the see that very happy face after your announcement that you were taking to the coast road to Alleppey. Can't wait to see the next installment of this journey.
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Post by spindrift1 on Jun 2, 2013 8:12:28 GMT
Thanks Bixa. I found Alleppy to be a very special town, somewhere I would be happy to spend real time. It used to be a stronghold of British people who were only slowly prised out after 1947. They even built a pier on the beach which has now become decrepit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2013 9:38:47 GMT
I believe that in Cape Town you can see the two oceans mix because they are not the same colour.
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Post by spindrift1 on Jun 2, 2013 9:46:24 GMT
This is true. I have seen this for myself Cape Town and Cape Comorin - both so special.
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Post by fumobici on Jun 2, 2013 18:24:38 GMT
Southern India somehow looks more appealing to me than Northern, can't quite articulate why. This is quite special having two separate and excellent views of India going on here at the same time.
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