Kerala trip - Day 3 :)

This day dawned mistier and cold. We were already said that the travel to Alappuzha might take an hour more as its Sunday and the traffic is too bad. Our plan was to start  by 8am but that extended to 9am. After the complimentary breakfast at the resort, we started our journey to Alappuzha.

Really it’s a tiresome journey but we couldn’t stop ourselves from enjoying the nature everywhere on the way. We stopped at various places to take some refreshments and I was super excited about the house boat. Every half an hour, I was asking Prabhu have we reached the destination.

So, finally we reached back waters of Alappuzha and the vehicle took a sudden turn to a house at the midst of farm lands. We were welcomed by the owner of the house boat and Prabhu left to his home bidding us bye till the next day 9am.

Though I have seen too many photographs of house boats and some videos too, the actual sight was breathtaking. We were too hungry and as soon as we got into the boat, we were served with a welcome drink.

The boat started once we had a delicious lunch prepared by Mr.Anush. That tasted like home-prepared food. Our vegetarian menu included Gobi Manchurian, Rice, sambar, rasam, kothavaranai kootu, cabbage poriyal, appalam and pickle.

And we started enjoying the lush surroundings and the serene ambience. Yes. This is definitely a splendid wonder of Kerala – the chain of lagoons and lakes.

We had booked for the overnight cruise(Deluxe) – 1bhk house boat in our terms(lol.).

There are 3 types of house boat services offered here.

Standard                      -              With basic amenities. No air-conditioner.

Deluxe/Premium          -              Comfortable with air-conditioner at night.

Luxury                         -              Round the clock air-conditioner and world class luxuries.

I would say deluxe is pretty good for a night stay. There is a sit-out with comfortable sofas, a television, speakers. From here, you can chat with the driver while experiencing the “Venice of the east”. Our boat had a single cozy bed room, a dining area and kitchen.

We saw few other boats with an upper deck. There are boats with maximum 7 bedrooms. They also provide service for few hours.

We traveled till 6.30 pm as cruising in the evening and night is not allowed in the state. We halted at the place where we got in. Anush stayed with us and he served us hot coffees and onion pakoda. He connected cable from the owner’s home and we were able to watch television. We spent some time chit chatting with Anush and took photographs.

There is ferry boats service from the nearby villages too. People have their own boats, some with motor and some are rowed. We saw an old lady who easily rowed a boat across us. See how healthy their life style must be!!!

The dinner menu was hot and soft phulkas, aloo jeera, onion tomato curry and yummy dhal. My kid loved it a lot. After a tummy full dinner, we went to sleep. The day made our imaginations run free with excitement.
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