Three Men (and us) in a Boat
December 31st 2005 Picture yourself on a boat by a river, with palm trees lining the shore, fine Keralan cuisine being cooked up for you in the galley, and only the distant sound of a million hungry mosquitoes heading ever closer to disturb the tranquility.
For the last two days we've been cruising the Keralan backwaters on a traditional rice boat. The boat has three crew- a pilot, an engine man and a chef- but o
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