The houseboat picked us up from the resort and off we went for more relaxing and great food. Our cook was wonderful and I'm sure I've gained weight as there was so much eating - coconut drink, then lunch (fish and curry and rice and ladies fingers and coconut mix and more), then snack (prawns), then afternoon tea (banana bread Indian style - deep fried battered banana's - Yum), dinner (fish and chicken and rice and bindi and potatoes and tomatoes and more) and then after a good nights sleep a huge breakfast (pancakes stuffed with coconut and bananas and spicy omelet and toast and pineapple juice). But who's complaining - he knew how to cook and everything was delicious.
The Backwaters were not quite what we were expecting, perhaps further in (it covers 200 sq km) it may become more natural but for our overnight trip we sailed around man made canals fringed with coconut palms and rice paddy's. The farmers live in huts on the waters edge and go about their daily business despite a steady stream of houseboats documenting their every move. An unusual and relaxing experience which I would not have missed.
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