(Continued from Sams India pt 1 & Sams India pt 2)
The Backwaters PT3!
Most people hire large rice-boats for hundreds of pounds per night to view the famous backwaters of Kerala… not us! oh no… we like to take a boat ferry into the middle of nowhere and ask an old dude paddling in a little boat if he can take us round… works *every time.
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Pretending to drive a tuk-tuk.
*it doesn’t
First backwaters trip was to Monroe Island from Kollam (the best trip of the three imo)
she definitely posed for me – and flew dramatically away
typical surroundings
I’ve entered this into a photo competition – i should win right?
i know!
busy pic
epic water tower
Great scythe
A crazy expensive hotel
These are the houseboats people spend loads of money to separate themselves from everyone else – and from experiencing the beautiful surroundings authenticatly
The second backwaters trip:
taking a boat-ferry to the unknown…
Going off the tourist route is greeted by incredible reactions – familys and kids come out to say hiiiiiii hiii hiiiiii hiiiiiiii hiiiiiiiii etc etc etc
Some can even invite you into their house 🙂
nice clouds
happy school kids
nice eagle
but this really really hurt
We also did a tourist boat ride – but… it was touristy!
‘cropbusters’
we stopped off for some lunch – in a very ..strange.. environment
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We caught a Lizard fish!!
– observant readers will notice that this is the crazy looking thing we found dead in pt 1…
Just an ant contemplating life, the universe, and everything
coming soon.. Pt 4…. THE JUNGLE!
Thanks for reading! Sam x
For Sams’ other travel stuff check out:
India Cow (vid)
Gramophone (vid)
Sam & Jiddu on a boat (vid)
or Sams written stuff….
Jungle Trek (story)
The Belt (sci-fi story)