These images were taken during March and April (2004) on a trip that began in Trivandrum, traversing coastal towns of Varkala, Allephey, Kottayum, ascending to the hill station of Munnar, and then dropping down to Ernakulum and Kochin. The Kerilites refer to their state as 'God's Own Country'. It was easy to understand how they could draw such a conclusion.