South Tamil Nadu

We just arrived in Kanyakumari at the southern tip of India. HOT and humid but they say summer is an oven here. The Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea meet the Indian Ocean here. Our room has a nice view of the ocean which has a nice turquoise color and a very rocky shoreline.

On the way here we stayed at a fishing village and walked the docks. The fishermen were like most other folks here - loved posing for photos and then looking at the result. A lot of fun because everyone starts laughing and the ever present back and forth head bobbing.

We also detoured way back off the main roads to a bird sanctuary. All the locals told us there were no birds because there had been no rain for a couple of years. The place where a large lake should have been had a pond of water and a small stream. Goats were being grazed on the rest of the lake bottom, but we did get some good photos of about five birds we had not seen before. White Ibis below.