1fan: Allepley – Houseboat 6 & 7 Dec 07

lovely state.. Kerala...

It took 2 hours from Cochin to Allepley.

We found a hotel and got some information from the hotel. However, I learnt that never believe what the person said if you only know him for 20 minutes although you feel comfortable with this person.

When we asked about the houseboat, this guy just told us it was not worth to do the houseboat in this season because is very expensive. Later he offered us that 7000 rupees and we had to share with other two people. And we could not see the boat now because all boats had gone. We had to pay now and if we don’t like it we can get full refund. At that moment, I really believe what he said and feel like booking. Luckily, Mark made a brilliant decision.

After lunch, we went down the river bank and found out the house boat by ourselves. There were heaps of boats waiting for us. We spent three hours to look for the best option – good boat and good price. I could not remember how many boats we had seen. Finally we put ourselves into a quite good situation. We deal with 7800 rupees for a whole boat just for three of us but we had not seen the boat. And another 7000 rupees.

The next day, we were excited to see our 7800 rupees boat however we really don’t like the boat so we got back our money. On the other hand, we could meet another boat. So end up we did not have any boat.

However, there still a lot of boat on the river. Finally, we found one pretty good boat and after bargaining, we got it in 7300 rupees. The best is the boat is the cleanest among so many boats we saw before. Hurray! Good deal.

1130a.m. we start our backwater houseboat experience!

Our Captain

From Bombay until now, I almost walked certain distance everyday. On the houseboat the only thing I need to do is just lie down and relax.. The life was too good for the 22 hours on the boat.