After a wake-up call from some of the other girls at 6:30 a.m. we all tried to sleep for a little longer, but it was useless. Too much going on. We got up and looked outside, it had started pouring rain, and the backwaters looked beautiful in the early morning light. I could see big houseboats made from bamboo, tiny fishing boats with men standing with long poles, and canoes.
We all got ready and packed our bags, going to breakfast around 9:30 a.m. We then spent some time taking photos around the resort before it started pouring again and we all ran to our rooms, getting our bags, and running back to the main hall getting drenched. Of course when we were all there the rain stopped :) and we all walked out to the buses and put our bags inside, coming back and walking out onto the small dock behind the resort and getting onto two boats; one small and one big, for a ride on the backwaters! We all climbed on, squeezing up to the top and sitting on laps so that we could all sit. We played charades with Tamil movie titles (I just watched this game...) and then another girl and I sang a few ABBA songs together. It was a beautiful and fun ride! We passes houseboats, speed boats, fishermen, lots of resorts and palm trees. The water was a darker green color, and we boated along through huge masses of floating plants.
We arrived at our dock and got back onto the bus for the journey home. We stopped for lunch and ice cream at a hotel on the way (there was a sign at the door that said "A hearty welcome to the students from Vidhya Niketan School!") before continuing on home. We spent the bus ride mostly the same as before- everyone talking, yelling, dancing, watching a movie (a scary one that wasn't really scary). We arrived back at the school around 9:00 p.m. and everyone was picked up and we all went home. Everyone was SO happy about the trip, but we all couldn't help but be a little upset about having to come back to reality!
P.S. The photo above is of me and a girl named Tina (for short! Her real name is SO long!) on the boat tour of the backwaters!
2 comments:
I'm soooo glad you got a boat trip on the backwaters!
Sounds waaaay noisier and crazier than ours, which was just a country boat carrying old people like us — and one lone teenager quietly listening to her iPod.
Obviously, there's more than one way to enjoy a backwaters cruise! :D
Did u notice how the weather was sooo rainy just before the boat ride but it was just perfect for the boat ride?? Thats why kerala is also known as " God's own country"....
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