Postcards from Kanyakumari

Rode 4 buses over 6 hours to the southern tip of India. Drove through wind, coconut palm, banana and rubber tree farms. Passed a combine harvesting rice. Saw piles of straw, sticks and bricks and some pigs - but no wolf. Felt the massage of a waterfall on our heads and backs - women fully dressed, but men in swim shorts. Read in the newspaper the next day, "Foreigners visit waterfall to celebrate Valentine's." Toured the palace of ancient kings. Waded where the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea mingle. Visited a Ghandi Memorial. Watched the sunrise with thousands of others. Meditated in the Swami Vivekananda Memorial. ~L

P 1 - View from hotel

P2 - Boats on beach as seen while waiting in line for ferry to rock off point

P3 - Rock off point where Swami Vivekananda meditated 3 days in 1892. Statue of Thiruvalluvar, famous Tamil poet.

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