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Published: February 4th 2012
We left our overnight mooring at 8 o’clock and after a splendid breakfast of fresh pineapple, apple, grapefruit, muscat grapes, guava, banana, watermelon, pancakes with honey, French toast, chocolate muffins and coffee, we cut across the width of the lake. It’s huge.
The first fishermen we came across were those catching small mussels – they use a pole with a rake and box on the end and scrape the lake bed to work them free. These canoes usually held one man, occasionally two, and were ‘powered’ by a long pole.
Next we came across fishermen catching ‘black fish’. These canoes hold five or six men, each with a paddle (occasionally one with a long pole) and to fish, first they sighted the black fish in the water and then caught it using traditional method. A far cry from our factory farm trawlers on European sea waters.
Throughout the lake there were large long bamboo sticks standing proud of the water – reminding the fishermen where they had set their lobster, crab and prawn cages.
Nous
Houseboat
rarin to goavons quitté notre amarrage à huit heures et après un petit déjeuner formidable – annanas, pomme, raisins, banane, pasteque, ananas, guave, crepes avec miel, French Toast et café, nous avons traverse le lac enorme – Lac Vembanad – 1200 kilometres carrées.
Nous avons vue les pecheurs qui pechent des petits moules – ils utilisent un grand baton long en bamboo pour propeller le canoe et un autre avec un rateau et petit boite pour rater le fond et capturer les moules.
We arrived at our destination -which was not our original choice- and we are now at the Coconut Lagoon for one night. Must have been destiny as M+S were shown directly to Room 242.
Hope to move on tomorrow to our original choice (upgraded) but currently relaxing in the beautiful grounds and sunshine with a cup of chai.
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