Kerala’s most famous tourist attraction is a cruise of its lush, verdant backwaters on one of the gentle, slow-moving boathouses. We got on one this afternoon, and thoroughly loved the experience.
I’m loving reading your reports from your trip to India. Did you plan and book everything yourself or through a travel agent? I’m hoping to do a similar trip sometime. Any advice would be much appreciated.
WOW, now that’s a my-dad-size prawn – lobster tail size! (To get them elsewhere they have to be special ordered, unless you want to go to the docks at 4am and compete with the restaurants.)
Hey @klyeoh do they call them boathouses and not houseboats in Kerala? (In Kashmir they’re houseboats, but it’s been a long time since someone I know went on one in Kerala vs the resorts.)
Hi @medgirl , one of my friends planned the itinerary, and he chose Reality Tours of Mumbai by simply Googling for the different tour agencies available. He liked the fact that the company runs community programs and helped the slum-dwellers of Mumbai.
Some of our guides in Mumbai were born in the slums, but had worked themselves up the social ladder. So far, the company has been very responsive and we enjoyed dealing with them. We do have another week on our holiday.
I am willing to suspend my dislike for eating on boats. Looks like you nailed the experience. And then the prawn fry looks like out of a dream fantasy.
The tindora at my local market is like a miniature Persian cucumber.
Yes, exactly. They only use the raw ones here, and chop them up before cooking. Ripe ones cannot be used for the dish at all, so the houseboat cook said!
– lobster tail size! (To get them elsewhere they have to be special ordered, unless you want to go to the docks at 4am and compete with the restaurants.)
