A Year in Pictures – Kerala Canoe

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The “backwaters” of Kerala are a region of canals, where locals get around by canoe. My husband and I went down there to spend a day and a night on one of the houseboats that ply the area, and it was one of the most beautifully relaxing experiences I’ve had in years.

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[eve-prime.livejournal.com]

My neighbor is from Kerala, which also has a fascinating history. She is Christian, and one day it struck me that her ancestors may have been Christian before mine were (in Britain).

It also seems like Kerala is a social paradise, in a way that really appeals to those of us who wonder if we in the West might not be "over-civilized"... I once saw a documentary about Kerala that showed that even though the people there tend to be "poor" by our standards, their life expectancies and literacy rates are very high.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I wasn't in Kerala for remotely long enough to have more than a superficial impression of it, but I was interested to hear that it is (or has been -- I think it goes back and forth?) a communist state.

[eve-prime.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten that -- sounds like they may have gotten it right!