The plan for today was to explore the Backwaters of Kerala by boat. Although the hotel offer tours, one wanted something more ‘authentic’ and ‘off the beaten track’ as usual thus The Swarga Foundation kindly made a few enquiries and reserved a private houseboat. Of course, the accessibility of houseboats in Kerala is non existent currently hence Superbunny stayed in the hotel room.
Our 5 hour Backwater tour (costing 125000 rupees) began down a ‘lane’ which runs parallel to the water and the mooring place for our houseboat…
Getting on said boat was a little more dignified than the one in Lake Sevan, Armenia. Once onboard, one could sit back and marvel at the views of the Kerala Backwaters…
Around halfway through, it was time for our private lunch consisting of fish (of course), chicken and other Indian cuisine followed by hot banana soaked in batter (which one has been waiting to try since stepping foot in India)…
As we meandered our way back to the mooring point, more spectacular views presented themselves along with numerous Chinese Fishing Nets…
Perhaps, one day, there will be an accessible houseboat, however, this view will more than suffice in the meantime…
Tomorrow is our last full day exploring Southern India. One of the things on ones updated bucket list is to experience a drive in a tuk-tuk hence that is the mission for tomorrow before we attend a traditional cultural show after bumping into one of the performers on the Water Metro yesterday.