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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
INDIA TRIP PART 11: Houseboats and race boats! – August 1, 2011
our houseboat
On the 1st of August, we drove 30 minutes to the town of Kumarakom and went on a houseboat from 11-17.30. Incredibly beautiful scenery with rice fields, banana and coconut trees on the side.
The kids took turns to be the Captain, and we set sail into Lake Vembanad, passing fancy resorts along the way.
Captain Selina
We stopped the boat a few times. The first time, we stopped, we got to see workers in a rice field, and the crew and Amma tried to find some banana flower honey. Sofie got to try the only honey drop that we could find, and we took (stole) a few banana flowers to make into a vegetable thoran when we got back.
fish and prawns for sale at the toddy shop
We then stopped at the ‘toddy shop’ where there were many other houseboats. Kerala’s toddy is extracted sap from a coconut tree requiring someone to climb to the top of a coconut tree and a sophisticated tapping process. At the shop, besides toddy, they sold fresh fish, prawns and food cooked over a fire stove. We bought one bottle of toddy and some Kerala BBQ’d prawns and went back to the boat for a HUGE lunch and after one glass of toddy, we could feel the effects of the alcohol.
swimming in the channel
The crew showed the kids how to fish, and then the kids then tried their chances to catch some fish, but with no luck…
The third time we stopped was because the kids wanted to go swimming. So, after asking the crew, they took us to a random house that had steps into the water. One of the crew members asked the lady of the house if she minded that we went swimming at her place, and she didn’t care, so we all jumped in… One of the crew members jumped in with his lungi and took the kids swimming around…
After a very relaxing tour back to Kumarukom, on the drive back home we luckily got the chance to see a huge team practicing for the Nehru Trophy Boat Race that happened on the 13th of August. Sofie jumped at the chance to get the photo, ran out of the car, down the street and to the canal. The coach saw her arrive and timed the start of the team, so that we could catch this incredible video…
On the 1st of August, we drove 30 minutes to the town of Kumarakom and went on a houseboat from 11-17.30. Incredibly beautiful scenery with rice fields, banana and coconut trees on the side.
The kids took turns to be the Captain, and we set sail into Lake Vembanad, passing fancy resorts along the way.
We stopped the boat a few times. The first time, we stopped, we got to see workers in a rice field, and the crew and Amma tried to find some banana flower honey. Sofie got to try the only honey drop that we could find, and we took (stole) a few banana flowers to make into a vegetable thoran when we got back. 
The crew showed the kids how to fish, and then the kids then tried their chances to catch some fish, but with no luck…
After a very relaxing tour back to Kumarukom, on the drive back home we luckily got the chance to see a huge team practicing for the Nehru Trophy Boat Race that happened on the 13th of August. Sofie jumped at the chance to get the photo, ran out of the car, down the street and to the canal. The coach saw her arrive and timed the start of the team, so that we could catch this incredible video…
That video *is* incredible. Wow!
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