Vembanad Kayal & Kumarakom, Kerala, India

Text And Photography By Butch And Susi Lama

Updated October 19, 2018

The Kerala backwaters form a large ecosystem similar to the bayous in the Louisiana delta.

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Originally Published April 13, 2010

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