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There were three persons on board with us, a driver\/captain, a cook and a helper. \u00a0They were very friendly, and did their best to make us feel comfortable. \u00a0Since my friend and his family are vegetarians, we decided to stick to vegetarian meals in the boat. \u00a0The cook made an awesome lunch in about an hour or two after we started. \u00a0Absolutely yummy food with a typical touch of Kerala. \u00a0We got snacks with tea in the evening and all the time pretty much lazily looked at the\u00a0lake, houseboats, scenic views and the beautiful nature \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
\n We parked the boat around 17:30 and were told that we would again start only the next morning around 07:00 hrs. \u00a0There were two other houseboats parked beside us. \u00a0Had a nice view of the sunset, kids had a good time too. \u00a0As our dinner started to get ready, we sat with the kids playing some cards and this is when we won a well-fought battle with the mosquitoes. \u00a0We were prepared to an extent, applied Odomos cream to all the kids first and then to ourselves, but the mosquitoes seemed absolutely not bothered by it and attacked. \u00a0After a couple of hours, it got slightly better, that was probably because we got used to it or the mosquitoes were not hungry anymore. \u00a0Then we had a quick dinner session and retired to our bed. \u00a0The AC was switched on at 09:00PM and was going on until 06:00AM. \u00a0The bedroom was just right and not one mosquito as the doors were closed. \u00a0We had a good sleep and woke up fresh.<\/p>\n The breakfast was ready around 07:30AM. \u00a0We got the traditional puttu and kadalakari with some bread and egg omlettes. \u00a0It was wonderful. \u00a0The cook who travelled with was really good at his job. \u00a0While we were having our breakfast, we spotted our resort and then in about 30 minutes, we parked our boat and proceeded to the resort.<\/p>\n Overall, it was a wonderful experience and definitely worth trying. \u00a0In case you plan to go, just be a little more prepared to handle the mosquitoes, go with a known boat operator or at least the one who has good reviews on popular sites and things will be fine!<\/p>\n ‘Sri Parvathy houseboats’ is the name of the Houseboat company. My friend and I decided to take a short vacation with family and the first thing in mind was backwaters in Kerala. \u00a0We had spoken about it earlier, and decided this was the time to do it. \u00a0We have a lot of common Mallu friends, checked with them and in fact, one of our friends had a friend in Kerala who owns a houseboat. \u00a0So the most important thing was fixed. Then we booked the train tickets through IRCTC and then we also made a reservation in a resort and we were good to go. \ud83d\ude42 We reached Alleppey station and proceeded to the boat jetty by auto. \u00a0There were so many houseboats parked and we were hoping to get into one of them, but it didn’t happen that way \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0We had to take another small boat and that took us to ‘our’ houseboat. \u00a0It was a first-time experience for both of us, so we were quite eager to get on board. \u00a0The houseboat was spacious, clean and well-maintained. \u00a0There was a Hall cum dining, 2 bedrooms with attached bathrooms, a kitchen. \u00a0It was so exciting that we were all looking at the lake, houseboats, scenic views and the […]<\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>This is just a reference based on our wonderful experience, shared with an intention that you also have a similar experience. \u00a0I have read a lot of reviews about how a pathetic houseboat experience screwed up vacations. \u00a0Hence choose wisely!<\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>
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