A hill station, the South, and the Backwaters

After leaving Delhi, we took a series of trains, buses, and cars to see an observatory where Aditya used to work, the very southern tip of India, and the surrounding areas of both. I saw all the railway classes except the super rich-boy nicest one, and got to take one of the wildest bus ides of my life. The city of Kodia Kanal is 2.4km up into the mountains, and the ride back down caused two different people to puke in / out of the bus. In the southern tip town of Kanyakumari I got in my third ocean of the summer. And then finally, we took a boat tour of “Venice of the east”.

Photos:

Temple in the heart of Madrai Inside the temple The candles burn coconut oil. I don’t know what’s all the way in the center. Waterfall on the way up to the observatory

Solar observatory dome and vents for the long underground tunnel section High enough to be above the clouds There were a lot of monkeys up there Foggy hike near some famous caves (The actual caves are closed off now) View of the famous islands from our hotel balcony in Kanyakumari

White guys are famous in India too, but unfortunately it is usually with other guys, Nice scenery on our tour of the southern areas Wind turbines seen from inside a fort Sunset over the Arabian Sea. The left side of the photo is the Indian Ocean.

The boat we rode through the backwaters That’s a real live eagle. Someone who lived along the backwaters kept it as a pet. Another boater The last dinner before flying back to Mumbai was served on a banana leaf.