Our trip to the interior of Kerala offered these spectacular views of mountains and waterfalls.
when Joseph and I were trying to make our travel arrangements from Puducherry (on the east coast) to Ft Cochin (on the west coast) we kept running into this block – maps showed trains going south or north, but none straight through the the coast. roads (busses) also didn’t go through. finally, we thought – there must be something (geographically) in the way! well, this is it – these mountains. it reminded me of the Rift Vally in Kenya – very high abrupt precipices. during this trip we stopped in the area known for its spice farms. we stopped at a women’s coop and bought pepper and cardamon.


these bees nest in a small pot that the gardener hung in his garden. in it lives mini-black bees (with no sting) and they make this very special honey that is used in ayurvedic remedies.