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Day 4: Alleppey to Rajakkad, 30.12 What the itinerary says After breakfast and check-out from the boat, drive to Munnar which is a picturesque mountain village located among tea fields. You can enjoy wonderful views and feel the unique atmosphere of the town. You will visit a tea plantation...

We made a turn into a waterway more like we thought the whole trip would be. Little boat yards with dry docks. Other boats being worked on against the shore. Fishermen in narrow canoe like boats. Very tranquil. Dhaneesh said we'd be tying up against the shore like other boats we'd seen along...

I breezed past lunch. It was bloody good, especially the fried fish. And those little banana things. YUM!! Ajay is a wizz in the kitchen!

Thanks so much MN. We're loving the trip so much. In Tamil Nadu now (Madurai) and the difference between Kerala and TN is quite stark, especially the amount of rubbish everywhere. The roads are way better in TN though. We're back in Bangalore to finish the trip. An ex-colleague of mine is...

This is the SIB State Indian Bank ATM that worked well

so many houseboats of all shapes and sizes. The newest ones are being built on steel hulls. This has allowed them to get huge then we turned down a small waterway where we saw a few birds

we went right across the lake and tied up outside a small resort where there were already some other boats. This is where we had lunch then we got underway and continued around the lake shore a dredge that was bringing up material being used for work on the highway nearby afternoon...

Blackwater Brook have two houseboats, a one bedroom and a huge three bedroom. We were boarding the one bedroom when a couple turned up and went onto the three. Just them! The boat was beautiful. All timber and bamboo. The three was covered on what looked like fine weave shadecloth with plastic...

We’ve tried all sorts but not that one. We’ll look out for it. Last couple of days Hunter and Black Fort. Also the local orange vodka. Having a blast. Rain pouring down today. Lucky our Periyar trek was yesterday !

We travelled right along the coast to Alleppey. Kochi is really quite beautiful, as was the whole of route 66, to where we joined our overnight houseboat lots of this hammer and sickle on the sides of buildings, fences and flags. Political signs? we stopped at a government operated alcohol...

Day 3: Alleppey luxury houseboat, 29.12 from the itinerary for the day - After breakfast, drive to Alleppey, where we will have a deluxe cruise by houseboat made only of natural materials in the famous Kerala backwaters, during which one will have an opportunity to admire the natural beauty of...

@SeatBackForward an update on cards and cash. Some of the card readers at restaurants, and at one govt booze shop, haven't liked international cards. Others have been fine. At one place they had to use 'the white one'. I had no luck at an SBI bank ATM for a cash withdrawal but the SIBS ATM...

I missed a couple of photos off bAlt's phone Mattancherry Palace iron(ing) man on the way back to the hotel we walked past this beautiful mural we have absolutely loved the fort area of Kochi, and loved our first couple of days in southern India. Kerala backwaters houseboat stay...

Back to the hotel for a rest before the Kathakali show. This was included and was at the Cochin Cultural Centre. As per the programme, it's actually two hours. The first hour is makeup application and the second the show. Sunil suggested maybe not seeing the full makeup bit and that's what we...

Next stop was the Bastion Bungalow, I think the actual Fort Kochi (?). Building on the site dates back to a 16th century Portuguese fort but parts of the current structure to the Dutch fort of 1667. The history of Kochi is quite amazing and this well worth a visit to lunch. Sunil offered us...

We moved on to Dhoby Khana and the old school laundromat Just wow. Bags of laundry are brough to Dhoby Khana. You let them know what you want doing - just airdry and folded, or ironed, or ironed and starched. Everything has a tag put on it to identify what washing is with what. I have...

First stop was the Mattancherry (Dutch) Palace. I can't remember what the cost for entry was. It wasn't included and it wasn't expensive. Very interesting history. Great structure with beautiful ceilings throughout. Amazing murals and displays. Well worth the visit. Then We walked from...

Day 2: Kochi, 28.12 Here's what our itinerary has for us today After refreshing and rest sightseeing Kochi - a town famous for its spices and seafood. Visiting the Dutch Palace, Jewish synagogue. Visit Fort district where we will visit the Church of St. Thomas - the place where Vasco da Gamma...

yep, my cards are in my apple wallet

Combination of all of the above. Got 8000 before we came here, used an ATM at BLR before we flew to Kochi and used both 28degress ccard and phone contactless