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Arrived in Alleppey to do the houseboat trip! We have booked this with Johnsons Eco Houseboat with the 3 guys. We went straight to his guesthouse where 4 other people ended up joining us and made it very cheap! a German couple, a 19 year old girl from Holland and a 36 year old Czec Republic lady.
Before that we went to a 'Secret Beach', it was totally deserted and stunning. we loved it. The sea was so warm it was like swimming in a bath. We then had a really good BBQ at Johnsons, more amazing Kerelan food and some good Mojitos too.
The houseboat was brilliant, would recomend to anyone. it was huge so plenty of room for 9 people. We travelled up the Backwaters on a calm river surrounded by luch green trees and plants, gorgeous. We then were served a 12 dish lunch which again was so tasty :) Later we stopped for the night and 6 of us (the boys me Claire and Roxy from Holland) took a walk into the village which was lovely as we walked through the rice fields and saw locals just going about their daily jobs. We got back to the boat for dinner and then 2 successful games of Ring of Fire- multi national! The following morning was pretty dramatic though as Yvonne ( the Czec Republic lady) collapsed in the bathroom, the boys broke the door down to find her having a huge fit on the floor and blood coming out of her mouth. It was the scariest thing i have ever seen. No one knew what to do, the staff didn't speak english. But we did what we could and she eventually stopped fitting and came around. Turns out that she has epilepsy but very rarely has attacks so didn't mention it. Ill never forget that morning.
We then went out on canoes and explored the smaller rivers and saw people doing their laundry in the river and other jobs around where they live. What an amazing place to live.Extremely hot though! The temperature must be getting into the 40's now. Also covered in bites, over 30 on my legs. But what a good scratch it is! i'll come back scarred as i can't stop scratching haha.
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