Alleppy, Kochin July 17,18,19

Alleppy –Venice of the East.I never expected the place to be exactly like Venice, until I completed the backwater ride !

Day 1 :We left Bangalore the previous day night at 9.30 PM and arrived at Ernakulam bus stop the next day morning around 6.30 AM.
Ernakulam Bus station

The weather was really cool and without wasting no time, we decided to move towards Alleppy .Luckily we got a bus immediately and stated towards Alleppy.Drizzles welcomed us throughout an hour and half journey .Though we didn’t knew the local language Malayalam , we somehow managed to chat with the bus conductor and a lady next to our seat about all the tourist places.We reached alleppy around 8.30 AM and roamed around for a while for the rooms.There were many boatmen asking us for the boating tour.”Mohan” , a boatman took us to many hotels which we were not satisfied.Somehow we managed to find a good hotel and got refereshed.Then we headed to a hotel for breakfast and tasted Kerala paratha and curry.



Our Room in Alleppy



Our Room
                                   
                                                    Kerala Paratha

Our Room

Our Room

From there, straight we started for our main ride .The back waters ! It was a 4 hour ride .A long way to Kuttanad and back. Experiencing winter, monsoon, the sunside in 4 hrs was thrilling.We also stopped for  a tea break in a village house.The stillness and calmness throughout the journey , the narrow paths was amazing.

Me and Kesang 

Alleppy 

A hotel in the back waters

Me :)

Narrow Canals

Narrow Canals in Kuttanad

A tea break
Backwaters

Backwaters

Backwaters


After discussing for a while , we thought of walking in the beach side.So we headed off to Ernakulam beach in a local bus.
Alleppy beach

Me and Kesang after the heavy rains

Alleppy beach

Alleppy beach


The weather was horrible.Heavy rains ! I mean really heavy ! Finally it stopped and we managed to take a walk and few clicks J In a hotel next to our room was our dinner place.The day ended really well with a beautiful weather throughout J

Day 2: Breakfast was aapam, the traditional Kerala breakfast ,in the same hotel which served breakfast the previous day.
Our next destination was Fort Kochi. Since there was no direct bus, we had to take a bus to Toppumpady and from there, another bus to Fort Kochi.We found a nice guest house and rested for a while .

Our guest house in Fort Kochi

Then we had a nice view of Fort Kochi with a beautiful view of fishing nets J Later we boarded a ferry to Ernakulam to see the Marine drive.The ferry ride was amazing with rains around and was a cheap transport  too Jwe took a long walk in the Marine drive and had lunch in a mall.
Fishing Nets in Fort Kochi

We tried fishing

Ferry ride

A ship on the way



Chinese bridge

Promenade

Chinese bridge

In the ferry
It was Eid and entire muslim community were in the Marine drive with their best clothes .It was a pleasure to watch them celebrate J.We headed back to Fork Kochi in the ferry .We thought of going for a walk .I took a different route unlike Kesang and did shopping too J 

Church

Church

Kochi beach

Kochi beach

During the walk

During the walk

.I reached guest house quite soon but didn’t find Kesang.The key was with her.Then I called the owner and got the doors open.It was Kathakali time ! Yes.The state dance .Kesang was a bit late .I somehow managed to call her and she reached.It was a beautiful show .We then had dinner in a nearby hotel J and headed back to our guest house.

Kathakali dancer getting ready

Kathakali dancer getting ready

Kathakali Dance



Dinner near our guest house

Day 3:It was a pleasant morning with a bright sunshine J .It was time to visit Muttencherry .kesang’s favourite place.After breakfast in a hotel , We moved to Muttencherry  in an auto.It was just 15 min away J Guess what.Rains again.Heavy one ! We visited Dutch palace and Jewish Synagogue.

Jewish Synagogue

Ginger Hotel 

Some shots in Ginger Hotel

Dutch palace



It was almost 12 noon.I purchased fragrance oil,a boat and we headed to Ernakulam in a ferry J.We had our buffet lunch in a hotel and then Kesang moved towards railway station.Her train was @ 4.30 PM,I took an an auto and moved LULU mall..The biggest mall in India J

I visited a church near LULU mall







Afer roaming for a while, I took a local bus to Fort Kochi .from there I took an auto to Ernakulam bus stand to bangalore J


 Wow..I just loved kerala and the beauty of nature J Would love to visit again J

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