Day 4, Christmas day, Thekkady--> Alleppey
A day on house boat in back waters of Alleppey….
After walking for almost 20kms in a day including a 3 hr (9km) night walk (1 AM – 4 AM) in the woods, we were very much in need of a relaxing day. And this was our’s day, after spending the night walking in the jungle it was hard to got up but still we got up on time. Packed up, got ready, and left the hotel for our next destination, the houseboat i
n Alleppey. So we reached Alleppey around 11.30 AM, checked in the houseboat "Water Sprite". There in the houseboat we had Coconut Water as welcome drink. The houseboat was 1 bedroom houseboat, booked exclusively for us with a captain and a cook in our duty for the day.
After that the cruise started we sailed slowly thorough scenic backwaters of Alleppey. At around 2:30-3:00 our captain stopped house boat at some point so that we can have had ou
r lunch. In the lunch we have had Cabbage, Paneer Masala, Beans, Sambhar, Rice and Fried Fish (for our Non Veg friend). Surprisingly the food was really very good, we enjoyed our lunch, except the Paneer which was rather a Rubber but its not their fault, we've got similar rubber paneer in B'lore also (Looks like its difficult to find soft spongy paneer in South India). After lunch captain and cook rested for a while and then at around 3:30 or 4:00, we started on our onwards journey. During the cruise we talked about lots of stuff, clicked some pictures, played carom and cards. After cruising for another hour or two we’ve stopped by some point around 5:30-6:00 as houseboats are not permitted to sail in dark.
After our houseboat stopped we went out to a visit to local market so as to get beer for my friends. In order to go to market we crossed the river by boat that cost us 1 Re per person to cross the river. Afterward we walked for almost a couple of kms to go and buy beer. After returning back to houseboat we sit and watched Jab We Met for about an hour and then went inside our bedroom as too many insects made it impossible for us to sit outside so we went inside. They started having beer while we played cards. In parallel we also got some finger chips fried by the cook so as to enjoy them with beer.
After some time we asked for dinner, unlike lunch, food this time was really pathetic. The surprise here was Maida roti, gobhi with water and the dal with lots of chilly in it. It wasn’t over yet, after dinner we played cards for a while. When we tried to sleep we realized that we were short of quilt. We had only one sheet and a single bed quilt for three of us, when we asked from them they said that they don’t have any extra. Somehow we managed with whatever available to us.
In all after 3 hectic days it was completely relaxing day, sailing through backwaters in the houseboat was really awesome experience. Although in the evening we realized that
once they park boat at night, staying in houseboat is really boring it would have been even better if we booked accommodation in city so that atleast we could have roamed around in the market. In all the houseboat experience was really wonderful.
A day on house boat in back waters of Alleppey….
After walking for almost 20kms in a day including a 3 hr (9km) night walk (1 AM – 4 AM) in the woods, we were very much in need of a relaxing day. And this was our’s day, after spending the night walking in the jungle it was hard to got up but still we got up on time. Packed up, got ready, and left the hotel for our next destination, the houseboat i
n Alleppey. So we reached Alleppey around 11.30 AM, checked in the houseboat "Water Sprite". There in the houseboat we had Coconut Water as welcome drink. The houseboat was 1 bedroom houseboat, booked exclusively for us with a captain and a cook in our duty for the day.After that the cruise started we sailed slowly thorough scenic backwaters of Alleppey. At around 2:30-3:00 our captain stopped house boat at some point so that we can have had ou
r lunch. In the lunch we have had Cabbage, Paneer Masala, Beans, Sambhar, Rice and Fried Fish (for our Non Veg friend). Surprisingly the food was really very good, we enjoyed our lunch, except the Paneer which was rather a Rubber but its not their fault, we've got similar rubber paneer in B'lore also (Looks like its difficult to find soft spongy paneer in South India). After lunch captain and cook rested for a while and then at around 3:30 or 4:00, we started on our onwards journey. During the cruise we talked about lots of stuff, clicked some pictures, played carom and cards. After cruising for another hour or two we’ve stopped by some point around 5:30-6:00 as houseboats are not permitted to sail in dark.
After our houseboat stopped we went out to a visit to local market so as to get beer for my friends. In order to go to market we crossed the river by boat that cost us 1 Re per person to cross the river. Afterward we walked for almost a couple of kms to go and buy beer. After returning back to houseboat we sit and watched Jab We Met for about an hour and then went inside our bedroom as too many insects made it impossible for us to sit outside so we went inside. They started having beer while we played cards. In parallel we also got some finger chips fried by the cook so as to enjoy them with beer.
After some time we asked for dinner, unlike lunch, food this time was really pathetic. The surprise here was Maida roti, gobhi with water and the dal with lots of chilly in it. It wasn’t over yet, after dinner we played cards for a while. When we tried to sleep we realized that we were short of quilt. We had only one sheet and a single bed quilt for three of us, when we asked from them they said that they don’t have any extra. Somehow we managed with whatever available to us.
In all after 3 hectic days it was completely relaxing day, sailing through backwaters in the houseboat was really awesome experience. Although in the evening we realized that
once they park boat at night, staying in houseboat is really boring it would have been even better if we booked accommodation in city so that atleast we could have roamed around in the market. In all the houseboat experience was really wonderful.
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