Kerala

Our trip to Kerala was FANTASTIC!! I don't even know where to begin conveying how much we did and how much fun we had. Melissa was such a trooper traveling with 3 small children too! We packed alot of things into a few days. Here are some of the highlights plus pictures...
*Touring Fort Cochin...the Portuguese museum (Portugal settled in Ft. Cochin in the 1300's), a palace, a dutch cemetery, seeing Chinese fishing nets, the beach, visiting "Jew Town" including a synagogue built in the 1500's (Supposedly King Solomon traded with this area of India and later Jews settled here), going to a cultural drama and dance show, and staying at the Mother Tree Inn.
*The car we rented has to be the only car in India that has the Statue of Liberty on the side of it!! Not what American tourists should be riding in if you're trying not to look like tourists:) but it was easy to spot in a crowd!
*Spending 2 days on a houseboat--absolutely amazing! A MUST to do in India. All of our meals were prepared on the boat for us. It was so peaceful in the backwaters of Kerala!
*Having to stop on the highway for a work elephant moving a huge log!! Only in India!! We were so excited to get to see this.
*Visiting Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary--by God's kindness we were able to get on the last (soldout) boat tour of the lake--we saw elephants swimming across the lake!!, deer, bison, water buffalo, birds and boars. It was beautiful.
*The boys got to get on an elephant and take their picture.
*Melissa and I got in some good shopping!
*We had a beautiful drive thru the mountains and tea plantations to get back to the airport.
*Lots of wonderful Indian food.
*And last, but definitely not least, I have to give my wonderful husband loads of props for spending every night with our three children while Melissa and i enjoyed peaceful sleep in another room:) He is a very sacrificial husband and dad!!
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Kerala Trip