This is our  "river-house". 

Complete with kitchen staff - several bedrooms  & dining room.

Typical  dwelling

Yep Bubba .... It looks like we got us a CONVOY  !!

As in most areas of India ... the waterways are  bee-hives  of   day-to-day  activities ......... Such  as:

Doing Dishes

Bathing

Laundry

River-houses are as varied as custom-built houses .   All sorts of sizes & shapes.   The one on the right even has a second-level sundeck.

The view from our balcony at the Taj Exotica Hotel

located on the Arabian Sea

Don'tcha  just LOVE

the way they sweep the golf course   ?!!

Hotel  Chess Set

Every Day ... these huge urns of flowers at the entrance, had a different design.

Protection Symbol used at the entrances of homes.

Typical village house ... upscale model

Number Two  of  Darla's  "Ten Commandments of Travel"  is :

Have some laughs with the authorities.

( Number One  is:  Play With Critters )

Casket of St. Francis Xavier