KERALA (INDE) 7 AU 20 NOV 2009

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1 of the 8 towers of Madurai.jpg
1st camping site - place for meals (under a roof).jpg
Allepey or Allapuzam beach -.jpg
ananas are not growing in trees!.jpg
Arlette & Marc hiking in the Western Ghats - still with socks against leaches res Kerala 7-20.11.2009 050.jpg
Arlette on the boat.jpg
Arlette trying to find elephants.jpg
Arlette waving at a children bus passing by while women are picking tea.jpg
at the flowers' garden.jpg
Before a marvellous tree.jpg
Before Kalari.jpg
Blue villages among tea plantation (blue Brahma colour).jpg
boat on the canal transporting fruit.jpg
Breakfast in the camping Top Station.jpg
children going to school in uniforms -except the littel princess.jpg
children with dog.jpg
Cooking chapati in the street.jpg
cow with blue horns.jpg
cows.jpg
crossing a river by rainy time.jpg
crossing the canal in the morning - 2nd rainy day.jpg
Dinner in the 1st camping site - local typical fish curry with chips!!.jpg
Drinking coconuit water on house boat.jpg
Drying coffee.jpg
Drying hand-made bricks.jpg
entrance Madurai temple.jpg
family in Madurai temple.jpg
Flower market.jpg
Goat eating paper walls in a small village.jpg
Going up to the top - our guide Mani is sweating.jpg
green peper.jpg
House boat on Kerala canals.jpg
Houses with water & electricity given from TATA  to  families working in his tea plantations.jpg
how to make ropes  with coconut fibers.jpg
huts for drying bricks.jpg
Isabelle coming out of the bush.jpg
Jack fruit.jpg
Kalari - old typical Indian martial art from which Kung Fu etc. is derivating.jpg
Kalari Indian martial art.jpg
little boy going to school.jpg
local brandy in central station.jpg
local transport.jpg
Luky - our elephant.jpg
lunch in the rain.jpg
Mandalas on Madurai temple ceilings.jpg
Mandalas on the ceilings of Madurai temple.jpg
Marc & Freddy on the boat -1st day on Kerala canals (80 kms from Kochi airport).jpg
Marc & Freddy playing Ganesh.jpg
Marc & Mani drinking tea in the streets.jpg
Marc before hinduist temple.jpg
Marc crossing a river.jpg
Marc having bath at lunch time in the rain.jpg
Marc in the tea plantations with his socks agains leaches.jpg
Marc loves tea.jpg
Marc out of the bush.jpg
Muscades growing up these trees.jpg
Navigating on house boats in Allepey.jpg
nice bush but still no elephant track.jpg
nice house  Kerala is quite rich.jpg
Nice tea plantations.jpg
offers to God.jpg
on the ceilings of Madurai temple (just re-painted).jpg
On the terrace view Madurai temple.jpg
on the tracks of elephants.jpg
Our cooking team.jpg
our elephant ride.jpg
Our group walking up in the tea plantations.jpg
Our guide Mani (yellow) with other boys caring his bag and our  picnics.jpg
Our houseboats in Allepey.jpg
our restaurant at the opposite side of the canal.jpg
Our tents in the mountains.jpg
Panoramic view of the Western Gahts where we will go hiking.jpg
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Ploughig rice fields.jpg
Ploughing rice fields.jpg
Preparing Indian tea.jpg
Proud to show her sister.jpg
Rainy morning in Top the camping-Top station.jpg
Riding an elephant - our dream.jpg
River after heavy rain.jpg
school children going back to the creche (spellt like that - really exists in Kerala).jpg
She offered her hair to God Shiva to keep her son.jpg
Shiva in Madurai temple.jpg
Shop in the streets.jpg
Small temple to Vishnu.jpg
small villages surrounded by tea plantations.jpg
so nice.jpg
street life - children coming back from school.jpg
street life - rainy day again.jpg
street life in a small city in Kerala.jpg
temple fragments.jpg
that's were we were staying.jpg
the blessing elephant inside Madurai temple.jpg
The whole family.jpg
Trying to dry our shoes &  sock at the fire in the camping.jpg
Tying up his shoe laces.jpg
up and down the hills.jpg
View from our 1st caming site in the morning.jpg
Washing up in the river.jpg
Waterfalls in the mountains - still raining.jpg
we have to cross the river each time to the restaurant.jpg
Wild man out of the bush.jpg
women picking up tea leaves.jpg
Women planting rice.jpg
wonderful Madurai tower.jpg