Kumarakom, India

When we got to Kumarakom we decided to check into a 4star Waterscapes Resort, after the bad dose Ruairi got, he needed to recover & I wasn't feeling too good either, so we negociated a good rate, got a lovely room and did not get out of bed for a day ...

This morning, we woke up early on the boat and motored across a huge lake to a really nice place where we are going to spend the night. Along the way, we saw lots of birds diving for fish, people taking baths and washing clothes, and kids going to school ...

We arrived into Kochi from Kumarakom, and spent the day at the Jew Quarter before arriving at our hotel.  The history is that Jews fled from Jerusalem after being besieged by the Romans, and fled to "the four corners of the earth", and this was one of ...

... planning and we had all settled on the following agenda...fly down to Cochin on a Thursday afternoon, drive to a hotel in Kumarakom for one night, then rent a houseboat for Friday morning and cruise the backwaters until Sunday.  Drive back to Cochin ...