Coco Bay Resort Kottayam
Kumarakom North Kottayam, Kerala, 686566, India
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Coco Bay and Backwaters by Houseboat
We head back down to the coast and stay at a lakeside resort called Coco Bay. You actually have to have a guy go punting to take you to the hotel, which sits overlooking the lake. Nice pool in the middle and the rooms surround the courtyard in a U-shape with an almost Thai style architecture. The highlight is the nex day though as we head down to …
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Lakshmi the Elephant
... more familiar foods to boot.
Our first hotel in Kerala was up in the hills, about 3 hours from Cochin. The hotel has a resident elephant - Lakshmi, what a great way to draw in the tourists! She proved to be a very beautiful, relaxed elephant who had been rescued from a circus about 15 years ago. Brad, me and the children had a very long ride through the local area down to a little river where we helped to wash Laxmi, then back again to ...
Kerala - 'God's own country'
... a short time, with one Australian woman being out for almost the whole trip!
After a long day, we were both shattered. We decided to head back to Dal Roti again for food that evening. After avoiding meat since our first night in India, we opted for a chicken curry, as the food had been of such a high quality the previous night, and we both love our meat. This was a mistake. We were beginning to realise that the quality of meat was very ...
House boat
... afternoon down the canals. I bask in the sun and Brian sings beautiful songs to me and we let our minds float down the waterway.
We stop at a fish market and we buy King Prawns for Babu to cook us all for dinner. At six o clock we dock for the evening and Brian and I get off the boat and sit under a mango tree and watch a perfectly crimson Indian sun sink into the shimmering back waters.
Back on the boat we fish from a loose line ...
Exploring Kochi!
... around the old Fort area which is filled with cool places to eat. This is where I ordered Indian Rarebit which was excellent, and Gem ordered a piece of cinnamon cake and got half a rainforest on the side! Also got a chance to walk around the ancient Chinese fishing nets which line the north shore of Fort Cochin which apart from the mass of touts was great to see.
Early on the Friday we ...



