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July 09, 2011
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This was a 4 hour trip to the backwaters of Kerala closer to the Kottayam area. We also stopped by one of the oldest churches in Kerala. Unfortunately I can’t remember the name of this church but its one of the oldest syrian churches. The church was closed so I was unable to take any inside pics. The church is constructed similar to the style of an Hindu temple. Even though we are Christians, we have incorporated some of the Hindu traditions into Christianity thereby still keeping our Kerala culture. The pictures on the outside of the church are direct illustrations to the different characters/events in the Bible. The backwaters were also pretty cool where we went on a boat ride for a few hours. They have larger house boats where you can spent an entire day on the boat. This is similar to a cruise ship that you can find here in the US but not nearly as luxurious or big.