The Vendor

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This lady had a stall in the massive flea market in Anjuna, Goa. She was a little pushy...but more than willing to pose for photos if we looked at her stall.

In the Spotlight

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One by One

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There were hundred of these little monkeys say on the roof of a train station which we stopped at about halfway on the trip on the minature steam railway from Mettupalayam to Ooty.

Final Ferry

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Addy's

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This is Addy's restaurant in Kochi, India. It's a place that's rammed full of charm and character, however it didn't live up to my girlfriends standards and she wasn't too keen on eating there. The food was good, and we weren't ill - what more could you ask for?!

Oh and I thought it was great that when we ordered pineapple juice and they obviously didn't have any pineapples, instead of asking us to choose something else - the waitress / daughter of the owner went out and bought two pineapples just for us! Now that's service.

Kochi Kathakali

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Phew! This was a lens changing extravaganza... Good job I had a decent chair and a front row position to view the amazing Kathakali performace in the main centre in Kochi. It's such a good show, I'd definitely recommend it, but make sure you go early and buy front row tickets.

On Location

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We happened to stumble across a film being shot on the steets of Kochi.

Mutton Dressed as Lamb?

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There are loads of goats all over the place everywhere I went in India. This little dude made me laugh when I spotted that I had caught a shot with his tounge out. Oh and don't forget if you go to India, mutton in your food is nothing to do with sheep... it's goat!

Bored Fishermen

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These guys were working on the chinese cantilever fishing nets in Kochi, not really catching much, but my guess is that they are being paid by the local government to operate the nets for tourists. They looked pretty bored.

Tea Cosy

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The little tea cosy thing that was on the outboard motor in this shot made me smile.

Bright Eyes

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We stopped off to top up our water supply on the boat and met a group of kids. All they wanted was pens and chocolate! Nice for a change not be be asked for money.

Troubled

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My girlfriend and I hired a houseboat to take us on a tour around the backwaters near Kollam. It was fantastic, I would recommend it to everyone. Make sure you try to get a government organised boat though, otherwise you'll be charged a fortune (by Indian standards). Make sure you're hungry too... the chef we had was a bit of a sadist... Great food, but he couldn't take no for an answer!

Last Catch

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The fishermen finish their day on the water under the sunset on the beach at Kovalam, near Trivandrum.

Wanna Ride?

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This was shot at a beach just along the coast from Kovalam, near Trivandrum. The guy on the horse was offering rides on his horse, I declined but was lucky enough to catch him in a shot as he flew off.

The Spice Quarter

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The spice market in Madurai wasn't quite as big or varied as we had hoped, but still a cool memory all the same. God knows how long it would take you to sell a massive sack of chillies like these. Evidently not too long!

Jasmine by the Pound

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Madurai Flower Market

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The Lonely Planet guide says that there's a flower market hidden in a building near to the Sri Meenakshi temple in Madurai, great photo opportunity I though, so off we went in search of it.

I had dragged along my girlfriend and Deborah (an Aussie was travelling on her own who we had met some days earlier). As the building is hidden away we were looking a bit lost and we were surrounded by children begging for money. A man came over an chased the children away, he asked if he could help us. So we described that we were looking for the place that all the flower traders and garland makers bought their flowers. He knew exactly where and led us off... we seemed to be getting too far away from the temple (if the guide book was to be believed) but we soon stopped at a little side street and followed the guy down the increasingly dirty road. We got to the bottom of some steps after hopping over some big puddles and piles of soft looking wet crap. The steps were thick with this nastiness, we soon realised that we were in the right place as the stuff on the steps looked like plant matter of some kind.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, I had a good look around upstairs and took a quite a few photographs. The girls left after about 2 minutes to clean the black mushy nasiness off their feet and to find somewhere they could buy some Dettol (no, really). Then once we were back out, our informal 'guide' turned out to be a hawker for one of the local emporiums. No real surprise, just a little disappointing as he seemed ok.

So the photographs don't really show the dirtyness of the place at all and funnily enough I've just been chatting to this guy over email about the same subject. Take a look at his stuff, it's pretty cool.

The Light Within

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Now I'm sure this is the last shot I have to show you of the Sri Meenakshi temple complex in Madurai, India. I still have another few of Madurai, but none of the temple...

It's a pity there are obvious fluorescent lights in this shot, but I suppose it's still a true representation of the temple.

Sri Meenakshi

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Erm, when I said in my last post that were were moving on from Madurai... I was a little confused. I looked back in my diary today and realised I still had more to go through! What can I say, it was a very long holiday and we saw so many wonderful things, it's easy to get mixed up...

So here you are, our early morning visit of the Sri Meenakshi temple.

Goodbye Madurai

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The Sri Meenakshi temple complex in Madurai. This was one of our last sights before departing south toward Trivandrum.

Bangle Trader

I have entered this shot in the Photo Friday challenge - Vanity. Comments and votes welcome!

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My girlfriend bought some bangles from this man who is also the owner of the brightly painted fingernail in the first shot. I'm not sure what the reason was (other than to show his products), and the reason why I'm wondering why he had his nail painted was that I saw a few men in different places across India with one of theirs painted too. Anyone know why?

Tailored Two

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The tailoring was finished for the day, and the ground told the story of how busy the scissors and sewing machines had been.