Kerala (CARE-a-la), the small coastal state on the southwestern tip of India, is bordered by the states of Karnataka (formerly Mysore) on the north & Tamil Nadu on the east. The long & narrow state, (it's only 30 to 120 kms wide), stretches for 580 kms along the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea & Kerala is famous for its amazing network of backwaters that snake through the state. So famous, it was ... (more)