Backwater Tour Kerala

Flew out to Kerala for a long weekend.  We did an overnight backwater boat tour and spent a day in Kochi.  The backwater tour was really relaxing.  It is the only way that you can see this part of the country as there are a multitude of channels you can boat down.  I really loved seeing the locals doing their everyday living.  Woman after woman were doing laundry and dishes, children were swimming, people were bathing.  We just sat on our boat, drank a few beers and took it all in. 

The local beer (Ryan in the background enjoying a sip)

Here are a few of my favourite pictures from the boat:

This woman is doing her laundry.  Seems like too much work to me.

This next one is a rice paddy field.  They get 2 harvests a year.  These fields were harvested in February, burnt down, so you can just start to see the new growth come through.  They will be ready again by the end of August.

Another houseboat we followed down this passage:

Fishing...

Doing some dishes....so sanitary,

Everything is done in this water.  Our captain told us that it is not drank, which is surprising since it is fresh water but it must be pretty dirty from all the other things done in it.

We drove back to Kochi for the rest of the weekend.  We spent all of our time in Fort Kochi.  It is right on the water and a low key place.

Fishing nets are used right off of the coast, which is the Arabian Sea, they are called Chinese Fishing Nets:

Right next to the nets, stands of the fresh catch available for purchase:

Great to have a long weekend away.  Ryan definitely needed a break from work.  Check out facebook if you want to see more extensive pictures from our weekend.