Beautiful Kerala: A photo journey Part II Kerala Backwaters

(Beautiful things to see in kerala)

(Photo by Peter Fristedt)
Kerala backwaters possess mesmerizing natural beauty, Any tourist who visit kerala will surely enjoy a boat ride through these charming natural gift. Let us explore some backwater scenes.(All the images are protected by Creative Commons Attribution License)
Legt us start with a secenic sun rise in blackwaters. See the beauty of the sunrise seen through coconut trees.

The second is a beautiful image of backwaters filled with small water weeds. Actually this small waterplants, also called African Payal is a great menace to water travel and agriculture.The greenery of the weeds combined with the majesty of the backwaters!! Photo again by the same photographer, the great Peter Fristedt .

The next photo shows us a nice view of a Chinese fishing net hosted in black waters. These fishing nets are still used in Kerala. These nets themselves are a great view. Especially in Cochin, Tourist love to see this fishing nets. Again the photo is by Peter Fristedt

The next photo shows how goods are transported in large boats, Known as "Kettuvallam" through Kerala backwaters. This mode of transportation is both environment friendly and cheap. (Photo by Diametrik) .Generally thease bots travel days before reaching their destinations.And the persons inside the boats do their eating, cooking etc in the boat itself.

The next is again a fantastic image by Peter Fristedt showing a boat passing through backwaters. The beauty is that the boat is driven by wind. Total energy saving!! Such boats are common in Kuttanadu backwaters.They movements are controlled depending on the wind.

Fianlly let us end this article with a classic photo by cprogrammer showing sunset in backwaters.Again this marevelous image shows two of natures gifts togother, the sun and the backwaters.