Men Dredging in Kerala’s Backwaters

Men Dredging in Kerala’s Backwaters, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
Kerala has got a large system of Backwaters, consisting of canals and rivers that are freshwater half the year and salt water the other half. The people who live among the Backwaters are, at the moment, in the process of mending their boats (one of which [...]

A Sea of Coconuts in the Backwaters

A Sea of Coconuts in the Backwaters, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.

Tea Plantation, Kerala III

Tea Plantation, Kerala III, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
Kerala is the most beautiful part of India, as far as Emily and I are concerned. It is a narrow strip of land on the south-western coast that is packed with beaches, grasslands, and mountains. This here is a photo of a tea plantation in [...]

Beach Vendor- Goa

Beach Vendor- Goa, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
This photo was taken at sunset on Vatagor Beach, Goa. This woman was perched on the sand next to us, trying to sell us sarongs and beaded necklaces. She was one of a group of women who troll the beach daily, approaching sunbathers with merchandise from their husbands’ [...]

Old Goa

Old Goa, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
So now we’re in Goa, party central in India. It, like Diu, is a former Portugese colony. So the beer is cheap, the beaches are spectacular, and that’s about it.
Old Goa, where this picture was taken, was once a glorious city. Then the plague came, and the city was [...]

Deity in Cave

Some Sort of Deity, Fo Sho!, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
Here’s an inside shot — notice the sitting figure in the middle of the photo. We figured we would have to follow up on the promise of “majestically carved palaces,” so here it is. Majestic, eh?
Something also of note: One of the caves is left [...]

Ajanta Caves

Ajanta Caves, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
This photo was taken from one of the caves at Ajanta- behind Nick you can see a few more caves. There are about 30 caves in all- carved between 200 BC and 650 AD, when the Vakataka empire fell and the area was deserted. The caves were practically untouched [...]

Gateway of India

Gateway of India, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
We took this photo from the boat as we rode out to a cave-filled island close to Mumbai (Bombay).

Colonial Remnant in Diu

Building in Diu, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
The little auto parked in front of the building is an autorickshaw, aka tuk-tuk. They have no doors and remind one of Super Mario Cart. And their drivers never take you where you want to go — unless, of course, you wanted to go to their cousin’s shop.

Chicken Butcher in Bombay

This is a link to a video we took in Bombay. Warning: If you’re not sure you want to see a chicken being ripped apart and hacked to bits on the side of the road, you probably don’t want to watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTGQZudVr5o