Yesterday was a beach day. We took the ferry than a bus and finished with a 2km hike. Cherai beach. Not a great beach, the palm trees are too far away from the ocean behind a stone levee. But it's the cleaner one around Kochi. Goa is supposed to be the best place in India for beaches, not Kochi...
The waves were not very big but the shore break was tough enough nobody was swimming.
We still got to the water to cool off. First time in India ocean! We took a tuc-tuc directly to the ferry. Again we saw big boats in the harbor dumping huge amounts of dirty water from their sides. We learned they pump the mud from below retain the mud and then release the grey waters.
Today we took a house boat to visit the famous backwaters canals of Kerala. 1 night out of the cities, I'm excited about it. We were expecting something simple, well it's low season so we got a floating palace!
... a few hours later...
We sure are on a floating palace but we were expecting a bit more of exploration... after just one hour of ultra slow boating the captain just stopped by a lake and prepared our lunch with the cook. Sure, this Maharajah service! But then, after a couple of hours we still hadn't moved an inch. With so many backwater canals awaiting for us we were a bit disappointed. Muriel went to check and found out the captain was sleeping!!! Not cool. Well after a few explanations we got back on track.
There are villages all along the canals and there are trails along them. It is a very special place where people live next to the water and grow rice on the fields between the canals. Water, palm trees, and beautiful straw boats make for a gorgeous sight. As we stopped for the night Muriel and I went for a little walk. It was so outlandish to see all the people living in the small houses and shacks spread under the palm trees... Lots of kids saying "Hi , what's your name?". Others bathing in the canal; well as you can imagine after Ganga river and Indian Ocean I had to swim in Kerala backwaters too!
The waves were not very big but the shore break was tough enough nobody was swimming.
We still got to the water to cool off. First time in India ocean! We took a tuc-tuc directly to the ferry. Again we saw big boats in the harbor dumping huge amounts of dirty water from their sides. We learned they pump the mud from below retain the mud and then release the grey waters.
Today we took a house boat to visit the famous backwaters canals of Kerala. 1 night out of the cities, I'm excited about it. We were expecting something simple, well it's low season so we got a floating palace!
... a few hours later...
We sure are on a floating palace but we were expecting a bit more of exploration... after just one hour of ultra slow boating the captain just stopped by a lake and prepared our lunch with the cook. Sure, this Maharajah service! But then, after a couple of hours we still hadn't moved an inch. With so many backwater canals awaiting for us we were a bit disappointed. Muriel went to check and found out the captain was sleeping!!! Not cool. Well after a few explanations we got back on track.
There are villages all along the canals and there are trails along them. It is a very special place where people live next to the water and grow rice on the fields between the canals. Water, palm trees, and beautiful straw boats make for a gorgeous sight. As we stopped for the night Muriel and I went for a little walk. It was so outlandish to see all the people living in the small houses and shacks spread under the palm trees... Lots of kids saying "Hi , what's your name?". Others bathing in the canal; well as you can imagine after Ganga river and Indian Ocean I had to swim in Kerala backwaters too!
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