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Madhu, Sameer, Satish, Sudhakar, Sushma, and I went.


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Birds know no borders; the ones that we go to see in Karnataka fly off and can be seen once we cross over into Kerala!

So when the birders of Kasargod announced the second Kidoor Bird Fest, to celebrate both the first sighting of the

Orange-breasted Green Pigeon

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It's been a while since I posted some of the photos from my sign collection, which I find easier to put up on Facebook...

click here for one album

and

click here for the other

so here are some rather bizarre ones...


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Gently drifting,
I follow the star
That gives all life.
Upon the water,
Smoothly floating,
My mind is far removed from strife.

Serene and soft,
The lapping water gives me peace.
Happiness, I think, is made
Of moments such as these.

Boating on Kumarakom Lake, 170112.

It's been quite a long while since I posted some of my sign collection on LJ...I've got used to posting them quickly to albums on Facebook. You can see them;

Set 1,

here

and Set 2,

here

But I think, today, I'll post some photos on our recent visit to Kerala....

What do you do if the whole family wants to drink?


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The iPad2 is certainly better than its predecessor, but there are many things I am yet to learn how to do....that I do easily on my laptop. For example, I Have the photobucket window open ,but am not able to copy the HTML code from the photograph and paste it here ( Read more... )

I do love staying in resorts which have maintained the traditional idiom in architecture. I enjoyed staying at the

Sterling Heritage Resort in Swamimalai, Tamizh Nadu, a few years ago...the swimming pool in the resort is what would have been the theppa kuLam, or temple tank, in the village agrahAram!

So staying at the

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I've only stayed on a houseboat in Kashmir before, so I was looking forward to our stay on one in Kerala. Overall, though, the experience was not as delightful as it should have been; the main factors being the somewhat tacky houseboat we had, and the high cost of the rental. Apparently the owner of the houseboat said that we'd have to take the ( Read more... )

As usual, some signs struck my eye in Kerala, too, and I snapped quick shots as I passed....

You might have heard of ships which are called Minesweepers, which are instrumental in finding mines in the sea....but I loved the idea of having a Mindsweeper:


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