New Year's in Fort Kochi

Pappanji will go up in flames at midnight

Masks and devil horns are prevalent with the revelers

Mr. Sajayan's home

Prahba is grating coconut while her daughter sits on her lap. Vaiga loves her dress and the camera!

Pharmacy - village style

 One morning we took an auto rickshaw into the village center.  Each little shop specialized in only one thing.  Here is the pharmacy where they got some medicine for a cold. 
Everyone knows everyone and since Westerners are not often here I had a lot of stares and smiles. 

Vegetable and Fruit Shopping in the village

 Fruits and vegetables are sold in a separate store.  Below are Jackfruit seeds that are used in cooking. 

Grocery Store Shopping in the village

 You stand outside and order what you would like.  There are only dried goods at the grocery store. Milk is purchased from a local farmer who has a cow.
Who knew that rice could be so different!  The rice here is the size of orzo and not sticky at all like in Indonesia.

Rubber sheets from the local rubber plantations are brought to this center by the locals- then huge stacks of it is transported to a manufacturer. In the background are stacks of the rubber sheets. 

Shopping in the village

 Textiles and outfits for all! 

Munnar

Perhaps my favorite place of this trip.  Up in the mountains are thousands, and thousands of acres of tea plants.  The air is cool and clear and the natural beauty is spectacular.  
I won't bore you with all the pics I took of the landscape!