Our next day in Cochin was pretty chill, in the morning we had an ayuervedic massage, and the rest of the day we just hung around. The massage was nice, and unlike any other I've had. It was 'synchronized', meaning there were two masseuses massaging you at once. They used tons of medicated oils that left me smelling kinda weird afterwards. After the massage was a steam bath, then an herbal bath. The following day we checked out of our hotel and took a car ride to a dock to get on a houseboat. As we left the city it started getting much greener and prettier. When we arrived at the dock, we found a large boat waiting for us. The boat had a long black bottom, and the top was basically a huge basket. We spoke with the boat owner for a bit then began our overnight cruise through the backwaters of Kerala.
This was my favorite part of the trip thus far. We slowly floated through a maze of canals in what has been called the "Venice of Asia". As we floated along we passed small villages, and gorgeous green scenery. The boat moved pretty slowly, at about rickshaw speed, but that was fine with us. We had lunch aboard the ship, then cruised along until dinner. The waters were perfectly calm, and we had picked the coolest day of the trip so far so the weather was pleasant. It was so relaxing. Right after sunset we docked at what seemed like a random location for the night. After being docked a short while, a family of goats walked by. Then one of them decided to jump into the ship and onto our dining table! I chased it away by rapping my pen on my notebook. Other than that it was a pretty peaceful evening on the calm backwaters. Pictures are Here.
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