After the Travel Gods (may their names be praised) sent us on other paths than those we had planned, we discovered ourselves in Nileshwara. That afternoon, we headed out down a small local road to find the house boat people. Our intent was to book a house boat for Friday, which would be today, and then journey back to Kannur on Saturday.
We found the house boat, booked the small craft for a 24 hour trip, and then continued walking. We found this 300 meter bridge over one of the brackish rivers that make up this delta area. On the river was an Indian pile driving rig, setting in caissons for a new bridge. The pile guys were happy to find out that I worked with caissons in America and we were invited aboard, much to the amusement and astonishment of the folks on shore.
This is the way pile driving barges look in Kerela. Not quite so modern, but they work.
One of the deck hands on the rig.
Our Host on the barge. It was a great exchange, even though it was shop talk. We had the common tongue of "concrete", "slurry", "pumping" and other pile driver jargon. Tres' cool!!
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