I decided to do a solo trip. I've always travelled with friends so far, but this time, I thought it would be nice to head out on my own. I decided to head to the village of Kumarakom in the Kottayam district of Kerala. July is considered an off-season time to visit Kerala since the heavy rains can disrupt one's travel plans. On the other hand, it is during the monsoons that Kerala is supposedly most green and rejuvenating, and so, I decided to take a chance. I got lucky :-) Some memories from the trip -
The day of departure - I woke up at six to the sound of my mobile alarm. I reached for the phone charger on the table only to find that half the charger cable was cut off and nowhere to be found. Further investigation revealed that the banana kept on the table had also been eaten. All those years of reading Holmes had not gone in vain after all, for, I smelt a rat, pun intended ;) I have no objections to rats eating my bananas provided they vacate the room soon after, but I do have serious objections to them chewing up my charger cable. The prospect of tracing the rat, and asking it to fix my charger seemed rather uninviting, so I postponed the rat worries, and went on the 4 Km trail in the Bird sanctuary.
All in all, it was fantastic trip, and reminded me once again of the incredible diversity in India !
The View from my room
Boating in the Vembnad Lake
Kids get to this school by boat !
View from the awesome Jetty ride mid-way to Allepey that cost me Rs 10 and offered a cruise like experience
The backwaters of Allepey
The day of departure - I woke up at six to the sound of my mobile alarm. I reached for the phone charger on the table only to find that half the charger cable was cut off and nowhere to be found. Further investigation revealed that the banana kept on the table had also been eaten. All those years of reading Holmes had not gone in vain after all, for, I smelt a rat, pun intended ;) I have no objections to rats eating my bananas provided they vacate the room soon after, but I do have serious objections to them chewing up my charger cable. The prospect of tracing the rat, and asking it to fix my charger seemed rather uninviting, so I postponed the rat worries, and went on the 4 Km trail in the Bird sanctuary.
All in all, it was fantastic trip, and reminded me once again of the incredible diversity in India !
2 comments:
Nice to see a post from you after all these months! The pictures are fantastic. Glad you had a good break (despite the rat invasion :))
Thanks Neeraja :-) Even the rat invasion was actually more amusing than irritating ( since I discovered it on the day of departure, and not earlier ;)
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