Why Kerala is God’s Own Country….

• It’s got an estuary – where river backwaters, sea beach and lake meet – Poovar

(It’s where the sea is shut for tourist boats so that the fish can be left to the fishermen)

• It’s got paddy fields with bunds on which coconut palms sway behind backwaters – Allepey

(Yes, it’s the village where the houseboat cruise lays anchor)

• It’s got a hill station with tea plantations – Munnar

(Yes, it’s where Tata Tea tries to behave as if it owns the place with all its boards)

• It’s got a protected forest where roads close for elephants – Athirapally - Sholayar Forest

(Yup…you thought Wayanad, didn’t you?)

• It’s got a bustling city where you can shop till you drop  – Kochi

(M.G.Road…it’s everywhere isn’t it? Main road is always M.G. Road and he lived simply)

• It’s got the largest wildlife sanctuary around a lake – Thekkady

             (You won't guess but the lake is manmade and the silence is enough to soothe more than the Ayurvedic massage for which the place is famed)

• It’s got historical monuments when the Dutch and Portugese ruled long before the British came. Muziris

(Vasco da Gama discovered the direct sea link to India and is buried in Kochi)

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