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.

While we were in India, we made a quick trip to Bombay and Puna to see some of our other relatives. We didn’t get much time to tour all the famous landmarks but I was fascinated to see the city of Bombay. I call it the city of the rich and poor. You can see all the glamor and glitz as well as the dirt and grime. You have to some guts to drive around in this city. Puna was a much quieter city and we had a chance to see Agar Khan Palace. Mahatma Ghandi’s burial ground is here as well as some of his other belongings and other artifacts that were used by him. Well here are some pics from our quick trip.

Hope you liked the snap shots. We wish we could have seen some other historic landmarks but due to lack of time, we had to quickly wrap up our trip.