Is this Hawaii or India?

I’ve spent the last two weeks in souhern India, which is a lush, tropical area.  Lucky for me, it is also very temperate right after the monsoons and we enjoyed some wonderful weather there.  We visited Cochin, Kumarakom, Kovalam, Trivandrum, and the southern-most point of India, Kanniyakumari.  I believe Kanniyakumari is also the furthest south I’ve ever personally been. It was very beautiful and rather cheap in the off season.

Me with a fisherman and his Chinese fishing net in Cochin

Vineet and I drinking from coconuts right from the tree.  We’re in a boat on the backwaters near Kumarakom.