Day 10: Personal boat cruise and exotic sunsets.

Aug 08

We woke up again at 6:30, packed, and then went for our last breakfast at the Travencore Heritage Resort. Did we say how amazing it was? Wow. We drove 3 hours North to a city called Alleppey. Benny dropped us off for a backwater boat cruise. We thought we would be with other guests, but we were wrong. Zab and I had the whole boat to ourselves, including the cook, the captain, and another man to serve us. It was a house boat that had it’s own kitchen, bedroom with a bathroom, and a dining area. It was the smaller ‘honeymoon’ style lake cruise boat. It was 25 meters in longth. We saw 3 bedroom versions that were 100 meters long.

After traveling for a few hours down the canals and past the rice patties, we stopped for an amazing diner that had been made on board just for us. There were fish that had been freshly caught in that lake. The lake is called Vembanad Lake and it is the largest lake in Kelala (as we were told many times).

After a total of 5 hours on the lake, we arrived at our next destination, Coconut Lagoon Resort. The boat pulled up to the side, we walked off and then were escorted to reception. It was beautiful. There were coconut trees everywhere as well as little canals that went all throughout the resort. It reminded us of Venice. Again, there were maze like walkways to get from place to place and they had fun little bridges over all the water.

Again we were welcomed with fresh coconuts to drink from. These are actually quite good. We had a little 2 level cabin to sleep in. On the main floor was the sitting and eating area, and on top floor were the beds. Out a door in the back was the bathroom. There was an L shaped room over the shower, toilet, and sink, but the rest of it was open to the sky and there were trees and plants growing. In the bathroom. It was very different. The resort is nice, but we were expecting more from a 5 star resort after coming from the last one and it only being a 4 star.

I went swimming in the pool and watched the sun set while Zab took pictures. It was a beautiful evening with one of the nicest sunsets I have ever seen. We watched a traditional dance/drama before supper. The characters are dressed very elaborately and have a lot of make up on. The story is told mostly with their facial and exaggerated body movements. Fur supper we had another buffet. The food was amazing and there was even more selection than the last place. It was good, but Zab and I decided that we needed to stop eating so much. There is so much good food to try, but we have to hold back or we will come home a few sizes bigger.

We went to the computers and tried to work on the blog. The computer was slow and the internet was expensive. We were able to upload more pictures and check our email. We then went to bed at around 11pm.