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| Gurjeet and Andy in Alleppey, Kerala, India |
Alleppey is the big center for trips to
the Backwaters. In Alleppey, I met my good friend Gurjeet again. We
first met in 2013 in Capetown, South Africa. When Gurjeet heard, that
I was coming to India, he wanted to meet me. From Delhi to Alleppey –
this meant 44 hours oneway on a train.
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| Alleppey, Kerala, India |
Alleppey is a very touristic place and
the big deal are renting houseboats.
However for Gurjeet and me a houseboat
was far too expensive and going by ferry and canoe it is also
possible to see quite a lot of the famous Backwaters.
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| Capitain Antony, Backwaters, Kerala, India |
The best way to see the Backwaters, is
a tour by canoe. With a canoe you can go to all these small canals
and waterways of the Backwaters and see the daily life of the
villagers. We were particularly lucky with our captain – Anthony.
He fetched us in our hotel and together we went by ferry to his
village.
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| Backwaters, Kerala, India |
After a great Keralan breakfast, we started our canoe trip.
On our way were small canals, rice
fields, temples, churches and pretty villages.
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| Gurjeet with Toddy, Backwaters, India |
Gurjeet even got a
bottle of Toddy – palm wine. In my eyes a really awful brew – he
really seemed to enjoy...
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| Lunch in Anthonys house, Backwaters, India |
After 5 hours we returned to Anthony‘s
village. His wife already waited with a brilliant late lunch for us.
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| Thali in Anthonys house, Backwaters, India |
Back to Alleppey the ferry was
incredibly full – mainly because of the school kids on their way
back home.
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| Full ferry to Alleppey, Kerala, India |
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| Full ferry to Alleppey, Kerala, India |
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| Backwaters, Kerala, India |
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| Backwaters, Kerala, India |
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| Having a coconut drink, Kerala, India |
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| Capitain Anthony, Backwaters, India |
