Backwaters of Kerala

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We took a three day trip to Kerala from Chennai.

we boarded the Chennai -Allepey mail on 30th July, thursday @ 2100hrs
Reached allepey on the 31st @1030hrs.

we had our can waiting for us in the railway station. he took us to the house boat jetty. we did buy around 2kgs of karimeen (lake fish) for fry, also carried a crate of mineral water and some soda bottles.

The boat name was ROYAL STAR. its a super luxury boat. The crew was friendly and we started our sail.

During our sailin vembanad lake, we saw an old man in a very small canoe fishing. he had super big prawns.
We bought 5 huge prawns(each weighing 500 grms) for Rs.500/-.

we then stopped for TODDY, and had special food(Tapioca and red fish curry) from the toddy shop. then it was time for lunch and we had kerala food with fish fry.

evening we stopped for a halt. morning we started sail towards kumarakum and it was an awesome site. the boat passed thru kumarakum canals and we got down in a jetty.

a TAXI driver was waiting there for us to drive us to thekkady. rest in my next blog....

But a night in a houseboat is something you should do before you die.... once in a lifetime experience.... great & awesome ....

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