Alappuzha by sunset

As the sun sets over neat plots of green paddy fields along the AC road that connects Changanacherry town to Alappuzha backwater district, I captured a few shots of just how glorious sunset can be in a suburban landscape.

Houseboats of Alappuzha come home after a day cruising through the lively waters now fallen silent.

Houses set against a setting sun, deep canal on one side and backwaters running into paddy fields for acres on the other side. Coconut trees stand mere spectators to the everyday beauty.

Come evening local vendors take to selling the day's catch on the roadside.

Hidden, but illuminating.

Autos take to the stand like flocks of birds returning to the nest. Not that their day is done yet, but a little evening gossip never did anyone any harm, did it?

Beautiful, isn't it?

The Vemabanad canal

A fish seller sets up camp for the evening.

Little shops dotting the sideways come to life with laborers taking a tea break before heading home after the day's work. 

The whole panorama echoes a serenity that serenades a wooing to the coming calm silent night that will soon envelope the watery landscape.

“If you stay here, you become lost. And no one can find you.
I like lost.” -Ally Condie

And that's exactly how I feel standing here watching the sun set.

Alappuzha silhouetted !!

Even as night falls the backwaters of Aleppey look spectacular. Lush paddy fields lie sprawled against the setting sun beside the canal for as far as the eye can see. 

Vembanad backwater canal and houseboats at Alappuzha by sunset

AC road by sunset

Kuttanaad paddy fields and backwaters by Sunset

Paddy fields against setting sun

Paddy fields and coconut trees along AC road by sunset

AC road by sunset

Alappuzha canal by Sunset

Kuttanad by Sunset

Paddy fields and coconut trees by sunset

Alappuzha backwaters by sunset

On the ride home along the Alappuzha-Changanacherry road (AC rd.) I pop my head out the bus and am greeted by THIS view!

And I feel I am finally home.

Picture postcards From The Alappuzha-Changancherry Route

I have traveled many a time through the Alappuzha-Chanagcherry Route that connects the relatively urban town of Changansherry with the beautiful and exquisite back water town of Alappuzha. Often mesmerized by the view and lulled to sleep by the cool winds of the canal on one side and and water logged paddy fields on the other I have wondered how I was lucky enough to be brought up in this beautiful part of the world. 

In this post today, I will take you with me through this route.  Albeit my little mobile camera does no justice to the true elegance of the place, I have tried my best to give you, my traveler friend what it is like to be on a journey through this well laid smooth road that connects Alappuzha (Alleppey) and Changansherry.

So, here we go!

The canal on the left.

Water-logged paddy fields

As afternoons fade into evenings, sunlight streams through
trees along the road. 

A road side view

 
    

                  

Another road side view

              

                               

As evening falls ...

               

And ..thus  falls twilight.

But the journey goes on... :)

Summers in Kuttanaad, the Backwaters of God's own country

 In my last post on Kuttanaad I had mentioned about the spellbinding beauty of the backwaters during the monsoons. The waters have receded, but I found that summers too are magnificent in this God's own land. Here are a few clicks I happened to take on one of my journeys through the place. 

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have loved taking them.