Hey guys good morning, and welcome to another vlog
It's 8 in the morning right now and I've called a cab to go to Alleppey
he's outside waiting for me. and I'll tell you all the details in a while
finally I've reached my destination and you can see many houseboats parked behind me
till there
and I got a very good deal
I've paid 4000 INR in which i get to spend 4 hrs in the backwater
and lunch is also included in it
I researched a lot for the boathouse
i was getting quotes of 6000, 6500 to 8000, 9000
my driver arranged it for me
generally in the four hrs ride, lunch is not provided but they did that too
so it's a very good deal for me and everyone warned me to not take 5 hrs or overnight trip if travelling solo
so I thought okay let's experience the 4 hrs trip this time and if I come again with Shikhar or family, I can experience another one
I'm so excited about this trip
guys, you can see this bigger boat behind me
It's a double-decker boat so you can goat the upper deck and enjoy the views and it's a 4 bedroom boat
the boat that I've booked is a one-bedroom boat
here there's also a boat with 7 bedrooms
so if you have a bigger family or travelling in a large group, you can consider that
our boat has begun its journey and I'll give you the room tour in a while
all the people that live here have their own personal boats
and they travel using their own boats
and very soon there'll be water taxi
so they went to get a cylinder and now coming back, so that's how the local transport is here
this is the driver seat
and this is the sitting area
a small dining table
tv and speakers if you wanna enjoy something you like
fan if it's too hot, life jacket and another sitting area
there's a lot here
then a small gallery and they also have a charging point here
so if you wanna charge your devices you can do that, and here are two large windows
this is the bedroom
a large window
a small fan
and aircon too
so if you wanna do night stay here, you can do that too
and here's a dressing table and another charging point
and an attached bathroom
the bathroom is okay, they also have a shower here
here's a washbasin
here's an open window and here's the kitchen
where they're preparing food for me
and then we have the backside
it was raining so heavily in the morning, you must be knowing it if you follow me on insta. If you haven't followed me then please do follow me, my handle is @travelpublish
so yeah, it was raining so heavily in the morning
I'd heard that if it's raining heavily or the wind is too strong, the coastguards don't allow them
so I was worried about missing it
and it's my last day
and I didn't miss it and finally, I'm on the boat
they also have blinds on the boat which they use in case of heavy rains
so the water won't come inside
I'm enjoying a lot and don't want to sit at one place as the view is amazing from all the sides
there's a boat in front of us which has 7 bedrooms
I'll show you if we cross it
this is the seven-bedroom boat that i was talking about
now I'll go to the kitchen and see what they're making for me
what're you making for me today
these houses that you see behind me are homestays so if you want, you can stay there
and there are many restaurants too
so people have converted their small houses to homestays
this island behind me is called putangai and there are farms of coconut and banana trees here
you can see the banana and coconut trees in the video
let me show you Vembanad lake which is just behind me
maybe we'll go there now
these all boats that you can see are going towards the Vembanad lake
let me show you
you can see two boats there
we've entered the lake now
this whole area is a lake and there's a bridge whose shutter is closed right now
and behind that shutter is sea
during rains, they open that shutter and then water flows from the lake to the sea
i thought this lake's water must be salty but it's not, it's sweet
I'm driving!
we're still inside the lake and now the lunch is being served
let me show you what I'm gonna have for lunch
there's so much for lunch, I'll start from here
papadam, cabbage, ladyfinger, beans, salad
curd, rice and sambhar
I don't know if I can finish it all or not
I love having breakfast, lunch and dinner with a view and what better can it be than this
so I'm done with lunch and it was amazing
i couldn't finish it all
I was talking to them about this boat
I asked them how old this boat is
they told me that it's 4 yrs old and if the maintenance is good, it can be used for whole lifetime
and every two yrs they do an inspection and do some up-gradation like polishing or roof work
I asked them the price of this boat and they've told me this is for 35,00,000 INR
I know how to drive
we've almost reached and jetty is just behind me
from where we started in the morning
it was a really nice experience and i wish i had more time
but next time I'll surely do the one with night stay
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see you with the next series, till next video, bubble
