Thursday, 7 November 2013

Kerala: on a houseboat

The state of Kerala is known for all it's waterways or backwaters. The state is very green and the humidity is high (while we were day we had days with 35C and 88% humidity).
A very popular way to travel on the backwaters is by houseboat. Most people stay on the boat over night, but we opted for a daytrip, and what a grand day it was!

This was our boat for the day
The boat has a lounge area at the front, with comfortable chairs and cushions, two bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and a kitchen. There were 3 staff on board, a captain, a second captain and a cook. The only thing we had to do is sit back and relax.

We were not the only ones, it seems there are over 1000 houseboats on the Kerala backwaters.

Not everybody had a big boat

There was a lot to see along the 'way', most of the village life goes on in and around the water.

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