Kochi, India 6Apr14

Kochi(Cochin), state of Kerala is famous for it's backwaters and house boat.

It has nickname of Venice of India.

We took a ship's tour with 2 hour bus drive to Alappuzha 

where we transfer to this unique house boat.

Not every boat looks the same

 There were only 8 of us on each house boat so 

we had plenty of space to move around the boat 

for photo shoot

 There were hundreds of house boats on backwaters

 Locals carry on their daily lives on water 

like bathing, washing clothes, swimming...

 This cruise around the area gave me a peaceful and even spiritually calm feeling

 Happy locals on ferry

 On the way back to Kochi, we stopped at Marari beach resort hotel for buffet lunch

 Marari beach resort

 Indian lunch was good enough but not hot enough. 

At least, for me.

Guess these are cooked for tourists who 

are not so tolerant to chilli and spices.

Our tour guide later confirmed with his shy grin 

that my guess was right.

Chinese fish net