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Cruising along the back waters of Kerala, Allepey, India travel blog

Cruising along the back waters of Kerala

A travel blog entry by lizand_rich

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... 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, Allepey, India travel blog

Booze Cruise in the Backwaters

A travel blog entry by hildreth75

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... 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, Allepey, India travel blog

Allepey

A travel blog entry by tgreenspan

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... 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, Allepey, State of Kerala, India travel blog

Cruising the Bakwaters in luxury

A travel blog entry by mike-christelle

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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, Allepey, India travel blog

Kerala's Backwaters

A travel blog entry by jasieniukrtw

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... 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, Allepey, India travel blog

The Backwaters of Kerala

A travel blog entry by cassbrill

... 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!, Allepey, India travel blog

Thanksgiving Chapatis on the Kettuvallam!

A travel blog entry by zolab

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... 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, allepey, kerala, India travel blog

punting in the backwaters

A travel blog entry by moonrise

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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, Allepey, Kerala, India travel blog

Allepey, hell on earth

A travel blog entry by benbarnes

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, Allepey, India travel blog

Alleppey

A travel blog entry by andyandem

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... 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, Allepey, India travel blog

Backwater Trip

A travel blog entry by davidandclare

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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, Allepey, India travel blog

hell's bus and overnight train to Alleppey

A travel blog entry by jasieniukrtw

... 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 ...

Allepey backwater boat to the Ashram, Allepey, India travel blog

Allepey backwater boat to the Ashram

A travel blog entry by amerikiwi

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Kerela state - part 4, Allepey, Kerela, India travel blog

Kerela state - part 4

A travel blog entry by jimandmargarida

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... 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, Allepey / Allapuzha, India travel blog

Allepey / Allapuzha

A travel blog entry by dreamteam

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... 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, Allepey, India travel blog

Kerela

A travel blog entry by tomwelbury

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... (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, Allepey, India travel blog

Kerala

A travel blog entry by jkirby

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... 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, Allepey, India travel blog

Allepey, Kerala, India

A travel blog entry by staffyandlyddy

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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, Allepey / Allapuzha, India travel blog

Recovery at Prince Hotel

A travel blog entry by dreamteam

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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, India travel blog

Cruising

A travel blog entry by duncanemma

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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, Allepey, India travel blog

Les Backwaters

A travel blog entry by vingue

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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 ...

God's Own Country, Allepey, India travel blog

God's Own Country

A travel blog entry by ana.k

Home stay. Keralan ...

Cruising the Backwaters, Allepey, India travel blog

Cruising the Backwaters

A travel blog entry by hamiltonfamily

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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, Allepey, India travel blog

House boating the backwaters

A travel blog entry by ed.herweynen

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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 ...

Allepey, Allepey, India travel blog

Allepey

A travel blog entry by julianwood

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Keralan Backwaters, Allepey, India travel blog

Keralan Backwaters

A travel blog entry by pilgrim143

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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 ...

Dutch leave their mark on India........., Allepey, India travel blog

Dutch leave their mark on India.........

A travel blog entry by patricklondon

Allapuzah................ Backwaters. Very refreshing ...

Down south and back again, Varkala, Kollam, Allepey, Kochi, Gokarna and Hampi, India travel blog

Down south and back again

A travel blog entry by tbtravels11

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... 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 ...

Im Land des Unaussprechlichenlavanabelohumpibump, Mysore-Udhagamandalam-Cochin-Allepey-Valiazheekal-Trivandrum, India travel blog

Im Land des Unaussprechlichenlavanabelohumpibump

A travel blog entry by juttachris

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Adventures up to now, Allepey, India travel blog

Adventures up to now

A travel blog entry by paulgoesglobal

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... 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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