Rice boat converted into houseboat.

                      Astrid, myself and our guide for the morning.                                                                                  Moi.

Mussel fishermen.

Bankside properties.

Sand canoes - loaded precariously low to the water!

Flora.

    Earthenware pots cap the coconut flower to catch sap for 'toddy'                                                                Curry leaf.

                                                                                                                     Walk the plank!

                        A canoe loaded with fresh water mussels.                                                                  The cooked, finished mussel.

                                        Mind your heads!                                                                                          Residents watch us glide by.

                                      Canoe repair shop!                                                                                                              Lunch.

Our 'punter.'

Coir making ladies.

                                               This............                                                                                              ....................from this.

                                                    Bananas.                                                                                                            Pineapple.

Washing day.

The narrow waterways.

Left.....Vanilla climbs a tree,

Right......Astrid climbs a tree!

                         Tamarind seeds (no....not the washing!)                                                                                       Jackfruit.

                                                Local transport.                                                                           My favourite animal.................steak!!