The terrible event of 2004 Boxing Day was deployed on television, so I grew unexpectedly to go to India. I also deeply worried that people and places I knew in neighboring Asian countries were dispelled. I was experiencing a nightmare but I was getting close to the dark melancholy but I knew that the small money I spend might directly benefit the community's depleted tourism industry .
Direction to Dubai My wife was sitting next to a calm Sri Lankan middle school student living in the UK since childhood. He was a psychiatrist who came back to the place that was born to help victims of disasters. He expressed concern that he was confronted and he expressed interest in his eyes when his mind talked about how he reacted to the situation where the heart he was about to suffer suffered It was. As a trained expert, he was afraid of psychological injuries at risk of revealing himself and suspected that the counselor himself needed to consult to prevent brain blockage. When I met our connecting flight, the rescue workers gathered at the airport concourse heading for Colombo were tired. It is a reminder of emergency of disaster, there is no need to remind.
In the local area we call Kerala "the country of God". It shares the borders of the community that continues east of India's southern continent, towards the bottom of Tamil Nadu and the subcontinent. Trivandrum, the capital city of the province of Calibula, is located at the foot of the Malabar coast near the point where the Indian Ocean merges with the Arabian Sea. Over this coastline, more than 200 fishermen and pilgrims were destroyed while worshiping in the ocean with the big wave coming closer. The state of Kerala faces the southwestern part, most of the coastline was protected from the tsunami direct path away from the southern part. With this, hundreds of small fishing villages were protected from annihilation. An abnormal tide flushed the sand beach but failed to adequately damage the inland area, but after a week a number of tourists were walking on spectacular white sand and nervous. A few have still entered the ocean. Some of the fishermen who may be coming home fearing large waves have already sold out, but some have bought motorcycle taxis (fat · fat) with limited funds.
Kerala's religion is dominant in many points of obsession, like many in India. Generally agreed that it was only "the will of God" that many local residents, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, even Jayz, escaped from the disaster. In reality their hiding places were really Savior, but it was easy to imagine the direct impact of the tsunami on the ecosystems around Vembanad Lake and the complex network of tortuous backflow, These waterways are essential for the economy of Kerala state, and at least not only tourism industry. Thirty-four vast lakes (204 square kilometers) throughout the state act like a 1900 kms hub of peaceful reflux connecting inland fishermen, farmers, shell collectors, small communities of rice crops. 300 household boat managers rely entirely on reflux tourism to survive. According to the English newspaper "The Hindu Times", the reduction in cancellation and reservations in 2005 has already reduced trade by 40%. Kerala is not an extensive poverty line covering the majority of India, but the continuous reduction of sightseeing is not time consuming to force bust for many boat owners. Thankfully, the country is rich in natural products such as rice, fruits, nuts, vegetables, tea, coffee, spices. These resources provide a stable life for some people, but this has little impact on home operators. As they are fully aware of their vulnerability, they are urging governments to move abroad for more tourism to protect their lives.
Houseboat, Ketubarom Converted rice barge, comfortably equipped. Part of the solar power, crew of two crew and cook. It was a tough but essential mosquito net for the very sticky night's benefit that I could not book an air conditioned boat, but one night stay in kettuvallom is attractive. A noisy fan became the only means to distribute moist air. However, the boat has basic facilities. A night without rest is a worthwhile sacrifice to wake up to be rewarded with the sound of the chorus at dawn and the prospect that a little more relaxed time of cruising still remains. Because you are sitting on a rattan armchair slowly laying the fridge, you can not erase the outstanding pleasure of watching everyday country life Kingfisher The crew will respond to your needs. I heard that curry that I made on the board is not comparing. Two sensational meals confirmed that this is a true cooking experience. Freshwater fish cutlets, vegetable curry, perfectly boiled rice and lunch chapatti are surrounded by abundant bird life on the quiet water of Vembanad Lake. Occasionally the bright color Kingfisher will shake the past. Then egret. Afternoon tea passed behind the hyacinth water surface and shaded under the high ceiling with coconut palm trees floating and arrived when a solitary fisherman robbed the net from a narrow wooden canoe. Dinner was the heat of Maharaja's spicy chicken, sweet cucumber, okra, fried rice, mung bean, dal and potato curry. Another cooking experience.
A thin green fissure separates the waterway from the lower layer of the paddy field that made a small grain using wooden plows made from tuber, just as a farmer did for centuries. The other harvested the mud and dug a knee deeply. Sometimes, I felt that I was watching the country life with a kaleidoscope. Discovery channel documentary. Farms, small shops, houses, village schools and temples often competed for more than 40 feet wide, due to these median spaces. Everyday life is attractive, people's watching has become a former position. To make the children in blue uniform smile traveled a long, tightly packed boat across the waterway leading from school to village. The woman rinsed her waistline 's black hair, completely wore clothes, and partly brushed his teeth with a finger like a toothbrush. Others washed their clothes in the common waters of the waterways. On land, young kid goats were milked and small elders were spending time, but few valuable ones. The backflow prevention device also has its own sound. Temporary relaxation of the peace is only occasional severe violent vibration is added to the high speed mobile water bus that distributes human cargo at low standby of the houseboat's outboard motor or at stop points separated by both sides of the main section It was. In some nature alone, black crows disturb silence with the sound of wild birds flying as if flying. In other places the calm had collapsed with a nearly melodic call of a cock somewhere in the distance. The elegant form of white head eagle is drawn in overhead, warm thermal. At dusk or dawn, the sound of Hindu prayers prayed in the local dialect Malayalam penetrated the air from the temples dotted by small communities. Perhaps this was close to the ground-shaped heaven you might find. Certainly it has a hypnotic charm.
Kerala is one of the world's most densely populated rural areas. About 32 million people are packed in 38,863 square kilometers and are smaller than Switzerland. Walking in the sleepy atmosphere of Buckwater makes it easy to overlook this statistic. I am not overly handsome in the dust of a busy city. However, when you look at churches, temples, along the main highways, it is a place where life gathers. In the morning there were overflowing churches in the town of Alleppey. People were waiting for access, but hundreds of devout Catholics, mainly women of bright Sari, were already divided on the floor and worshiped. Christians arrived with St. Thomas at AD 52 and continued as the legacy of Portugal (1498), the Netherlands (17th century), the UK (1806). Kerala (called Malabar) was an important trading center from the 1st century BC when Greeks and Romans came to search for spices.
Hinduism is still remarkable and the spiritual sound of prayer carries tropical air from distant temples from noon. A sacred celebration that can last several days is a regular event, and in the hours before dawn, highly respected elephants are guided along the main highway moving between temples . It is forgotten to see the broad form depicting the silhouette in the beam of the headlight of approaching traffic. Apart from the shaky reflectors hanging from their tails, there is no other protective measures to prevent them from being shot from the back. There are no common sense or discipline of all kinds in Indian driving standards. Last year, 3066 people (13 thousand injured) killed on the road of Kerala. Joked and said that similar numbers on the falling coconut hit and died! * On the day we arrived, 59 people died when a crowded bus sunk into the canal. Seven people passed away in an overhead accident two days later. The most toxic is the horn 's blow - off bus and truck driver, attacking the crown of the road at high speed, bullying others and bullying others. Motorcycle riders rarely wear helmets and car drivers do not care most with seat belts. I took a small moped and saw four families. My father was receiving assistance. His young son and wife were on the other side behind nursing the baby. Drivers assigned to foreigners may not be very crazy, but they are too agile and dangerous and go into small gaps that overcome moving trucks and blindness. Everyone nurses burning desires regardless of all other traffic. Visitors are generally brought in Ambassador, a large heavy car made in the design of Morris Oxford in the UK in West Bangal State in 1948. They are fundamental, seriously underpowered, but built like a tank, it is suitable for the Indian environment.
One night I spent at the cottage is enough especially when visiting other parts of India or staying in the old city of Kochi. Even a couple of nights on the spectacular lakeside of Lake Vembanad, or a relaxing beach resort a little more long, you can take a break well when traveling in the historic city of India. The provincial government has launched the Eco Kerala program, which encourages to become an environmentally friendly hotel. The cost of accommodation, meals, and drinks can be higher in Indian standards but I believe it is less than many other comparable hotels in Asia. State officials argue that the literacy rate of the highest Kerala state in India is nearly 100% and the unemployment rate is low on the national standard. Very friendly people are proud of history, cooking, wildlife, the desolate beaches, and the good climate that the state provides. Given the tragic situation of Sri Lanka and Thailand, Kerala State can now raise its capital by attracting visitors who may have visited the tsunami-affected country.
Footnotes: o In 2002, George Burgess, the director of the Shark-Attack file at the Florida Museum of Natural History, claimed in a speech that "Coconut kills 150 heads each year and kills 15 times the number of deaths caused by sharks" .
