Allepey
Travel Blogs from Allepey, India
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Cruising along the back waters of Kerala
... let all the family and friends know that we have now eventually uploaded our photo's so far. We have just returned to Allepey after 4 days of complete serenity and relaxation on a houseboat cruising the back waters of beautiful Kerala. We shared the boat ...
Booze Cruise in the Backwaters
... that had taken so much Valium that they had missed their stop. We told them about the house boats in Allepey and they were keen to split one with us. ...
Allepey
... cruises only run during the high season, so we paid a shady guy to take us on a three hour tour of the canals around Allepey. The backwaters of Kerala are absolutely beautiful, with palm trees lining the canals and rice paddies on either ...
Cruising the Bakwaters in luxury
The closest experience we will ever have to a regular cruise. I mean, we relinquished control, had a crew of 3 , captain, assistant and chef , catering to our needs, smiling a lot and feeding us , steering us through the ...
Kerala's Backwaters
... below the water level that we were boating on. In other spots, water ran into the paddies through a concrete culvert. With India naming its beer for the Kingfisher, it was good to see several of the beautifully coloured birds on overhead power ...
The Backwaters of Kerala
... were looking forward to a yummy authentic Keralan fish curry for lunch (I havent actually had any fish since arriving in India)...but we were sorely dissappointed by our meal...which was accompanied by horrible indian music BLASTED at full volume from ...
Thanksgiving Chapatis on the Kettuvallam!
... I met two girls who were very nice. The ten year old was named Kristine. We walked around the village of Covaculum, which is in Allepey. One store was selling rat traps - I think they have a lot of rats but I did not see any. We visited a ...
punting in the backwaters
The Kerala backwaters had been a part of India Lisa and I had been looking forward to since we first heard of it - cruising through rice paddies and villages aboard a house boat, propelled by a couple of men punting with bamboo poles. It took ...
Allepey, hell on earth
Bad place, very bad place and writing details is a pain not worth reliving. Needless to say we're out of here. We abandoned the idea of a houseboat after we looked at a couple. They were probably unseaworthy and we're really horrible looking. Shame. We ...
Alleppey
... teeth fall out, we strolled round to the boat jetty the obligatory (for me) one hour early to catch our boat to from Kollam to Allepey. The early arrival stood us in good stead actually as we were able to get pole position seats at the front of the boat, ...
Backwater Trip
We hired a kettuvellum, a sort of bamboo and palm canal boat, for 24 hours. Our trip took us through the backwaters of Kerala with 3 crew members to wait on us hand and foot! We spent the day reclining on cushions as we floated past villages and rice ...
hell's bus and overnight train to Alleppey
... we decided to take the boat and then head up to Fort Kochi for a quick rendezvous before they have to catch a flight the next day. Allepey has been the most pleasant place we have yet found in India. The kids all excitedly wave and say, "Hi" to us as ...
Kerela state - part 4
... days at a small family resort called Malayam Resort (recommended by Rikshaw driver - good word of mouth, not in the LP Bible) after the houseboat trip, a really relaxed peaceful frinedly place. Allepey is defianelty recommended if you ever vist ...
Allepey / Allapuzha
... jedoch war absolut groessenwahnsinnig !! Riskierte bei einigen Manoevern Kopf und Kragen ! Wir waren schliesslich froh, heil in Allepey angekommen zu sein. Hotel: Heritage Resort Preis: Rs 400 Beim gemuetlichen Joker spielen auf der Veranda wollte ...
Kerela
... (i.e. late, very late or just doesn't run). I spent two mega chillaxed days on a houseboat floating around the 'backwaters' of Allepey in Kerela, which are similar to the canals in Venice except bigger and more serene. We had three guys taking care of ...
Kerala
... little courtyards to escape the craziness. We finished off our stay in Kerala by hiring a houseboat to cruise the backwaters of Allepey for 24 hours. They provide three meals and you have the whole boat to yourself. It was quite ...
Allepey, Kerala, India
From Kochi we booked our trip on the Allepey backwaters. On Friday morning we took a taxi to Allepey and got on our house boat. We booked it for 24 hours. It was savage, two decks, sitting room, TV, our own cook and our own driver. We cruised through the ...
Recovery at Prince Hotel
Nach unserer Bootsfahrt schnappten wir uns ein Tuktuk und sagten dem Fahrer, er soll uns zum Besten Hotel der Stadt bringen. Dieses sei das Prince Hotel meinte er und brachte uns dahin. Wir checkten ein, bestellten Wasser, duschten und fielen dann ...
Cruising
Allepey has not much going for it, although it is a pleasant enough town to spend an afternoon. This part fo Kerala though is riddled with lagoons lakes canals and small waterways, which makes the tourists flock here to do a trip on a converted rice ...
Les Backwaters
Jour 5: Ici, tout est TROP BEAU!!!! Je crois que les photos parleront plus !!! (elles arrivent bientôt d'ailleurs car connexion pas terrible ici..) Nous sommes émerveillés tous les deux par ce que l'on découvre: Un havre de paix, un paradis sur ...
Cruising the Backwaters
Lonely Planet lists this as one of the 'Top 10 Things To Do Before You Die' so who are we to argue? Of course, some time in the past the houseboats were authentic converted rice barges (kettavallam) and there were just a smattering of travelers ...
House boating the backwaters
When we arrived at our house boat it was just Wow! We have a double story house boat with 6 bedrooms with en-suite and large living area with comfy chairs. The scenery of all the house boats on the water ways with lush greenery was magnificent. We ...
Keralan Backwaters
On to the backwaters via a leisurely drive and several nice stops - Church, waterfall, rubber plantation - to a joke restaurant with an absolute double for Manuel - finally as threatened by Lonely Planet the menu was only some sort of list of what they ...
Down south and back again
... can do down here, but we managed to get a small look and not spend too much. We opted for a transport ferry from Kollam to Allepey, which took 8 hours and covered about 90km. It was slow, but it was an interesting day. The boat slowly chugged away as we ...
Adventures up to now
... the next room to giggle. So that was Cochin, thanks here to Raj for making a massive difference to my first few days in India, much appreciated mate. I'm now in a small town called alleppey,about 2 hrs south of Cochin. The town is built on many canals, ...
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