Left for Cape Comorin next morning at 4 am on a 5-hour train ride. Pictures 151 through 186 are pictures of this Sunday trip. This is wide view of the scenery from the train
Workers piling rock. I hung out of the train for several hours after sleeping in my bunk in the sleeper. $45 dollars for a round trip on a beautiful railroad system. I loved it!
Every pile of rock on every road or railroad was perfectly formed as the one below. Beautiful workmanship. And my train ahead. I was in an airconditioned sleeper. Car ahead was not. Frank was on this car.
A village along the railroad tracks
Scenery along the train tracks as we go south
Crops of peppers along the tracks
Grass lands along the trip south
An all too typical train station. All tracks and trains are maintained beautifully. Indian national railroad is the largest employer in the world.
Everywhere you look there is a pickup game of Cricket. This was in a railroad town next to the station.
The first water I saw in south India. Beautiful setting for villagers
Second picture of the river scene
Mountain range dividing Kerala from Tamil Nādu
Palm orchard with mountains in the background
Village with mountains in background
Palms with mountain in background
Lady worker in a field, probably rice patty
Worker in the field using hoe that would date back centuries
Palms and mountains. The scenery was spectacular
Wind farm at the foot of the mountain range.
Old ruins at the foot of the mountains in south India
I was invited by a friend’s sister, Alice David, to Nargarcoil, just north of Cape Comorin. Her brother-in-law, George picked me up at the train station while Alice waited outside.
Scenery from car as Alice and George took me on a tour of the south tip of India. I cannot say too much about how gracious they were and what a treat their tour was.
A turn of the century fort constructed by the British, the Round Fort. Build to protect British interests in south India. It was running about 110 degrees F and boy was it hot.
My first view of the ocean from the fort
The beaches were void of people. Not expected in a European culture.
A view of Cape Comorin from the Rock Memorial
Fishing fleet in on Sunday. Thousands of boats all the same. Very interesting.
A view where the three oceans meet. A spiritual place for many on earth.
The Rock Memorial dedicated to Swami Vivekandanda. He was known as the wanderer as he wandered all of India getting in touch with the poor and then traveled around the world introducing India and its spirituality to the world. The Swami taught that "Service to humanity is service to divinity".
My friend Alice David that invited me to visit and experience the south tip of India.
