Ayurvedic BBQ -- a little known Indian delicacy 

Beachfront gymnastics school, Ft. Kochi 

Bicycle reflection from Ambassador taxi cab hub cap 

Ceramic knobs in the spice market 

Chinese nets - Kochi 

Fishing boats and nets, Ft. Kochi 

Fresh juice stand, Ft. Kochi 

Ginger for wholesale, Jew Town (spice market), Kochi 

Lee helps drag in the nets -- well, sort of 

New Year's Day sunset on the beach in Kerala 

New Year's Eve festivites in Kochi 

New Years trick-or-treaters in Ft. Kochi 

Palmy reflection in the backwaters 

Picking coconuts in Kerala's backwaters 

Pineapple vendor 

Pole control - backwaters around Kochi 

Repairing fishing nets 

Roadside chai transaction 

Santa goes up in flames on the beach, Ft. Kochi (New Year's Eve) 

Selling light globes in the Kochi market 

Soccer game at the Parade Ground, Ft. Kochi 

a typical rear view in India 

backwaters lunch served on a banana leaf 

collecting mussels or clam shells 

fish hawk 

garland maker, Kumily 

if this isn't called 'star flower' it should be 

my tiger-and-elephant safari group 

one of the many queues at Sabarimala 

pilgrims on the way to Sabarimala Temple -- this could be a Peace Corps picture ... 

reed bundles 

rickshaw and church gate 

ritual objects vendor 

splitting coconuts along the backwaters canals 

synagogue gate, Jew Town 

tea plantation, Kumily 

the art of pouring a steaming cup of fresh chai