Here are moments captured during the fifth week of our six week stay here….. Happiness and smiles from young girls on a Ladybird! Lone coconut farmer! He’d just descended the coconut tree, using that metal contraption leaning against it. He then gathered the coconuts he hacked off the tree, that were scattered around its base….
Tag: Fishing Village
Mararikkulam North, Kerala, India – Early Morning Fish Market
One early morning, I decided to go to the beach to enjoy the sounds of the waves as I practiced meditation. I was eager for the usual solitude of “our” beach, because we’re usually the only ones there! Usual solitude: What I walked into that early morning was not peaceful solitude but a thriving fish market…
Mararikkulam North, Kerala, India – Swimming at the Beach Along Chethy Beach Road
This beach is a five minute walk from our villa at Arakal Heritage Homestay. Michael and I walk a path just off our villa’s yard that leads us through a small neighborhood of fisherman’s home, then the beach! We basically have this entire beach to ourselves! I’m not sure this stretch of beach has a…
Mararikkulam North, Kerala, India – Popeye! Our New Four-Legged Friend!
It had been our experience while living in Qatar, that many of the Indian and Nepalese workers were terrified of dogs. Here, while in India we see wild dogs (wild is used loosely) wandering around. Our homestay family at Arakal Heritage does not like dogs – their belief is dogs carry rabies and disease and…