{"id":10,"date":"2013-02-19T00:36:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthsplash.com\/yogaslice\/2013\/02\/19\/the-backwaters-of-alleppy\/"},"modified":"2013-02-19T00:36:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T05:36:00","slug":"the-backwaters-of-alleppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthsplash.com\/earthsplash\/blog\/2013\/02\/19\/the-backwaters-of-alleppy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Backwaters of Alleppy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Its now about 2.5 days without wifi at the Ashram. Apparently this happens once in a while. In the event there is concern, I’m all good. \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0On Sunday my roommate left for her travels through other parts of India. She was not part of the course. \u00a0Tomorrow is our day off but we STILL\u00a0have to attend the 6am meditation. So much for sleeping in. This time, I’m SO not getting used to the early wake up time at all. It’s always go-go and there’s no real down time since the courses are frequently running over time. Alice and I are heading to Alleppy after for a back water trip and my former roomie will meet us there. Hope to get some good pics.
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\nIf you ever make it to South India, take the opportunity to rent a houseboat with lunch. \u00a0The backwater trip was nothing short of beautiful!! The 3 of us had a large houseboat for 5 hours…a huge overkill but worked out well for finding quiet – absolutely necessary for all senses to absorb the experience. Got some nice pictures but can’t capture how calm this was, and\u00a0yet so full of life.<\/p>\n
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The house boat -Kerala Backwaters<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

We enjoyed (vegetarian) breakfast, lunch, chai, fruits, fried plantains and more chai…all prepared on the boat. \u00a0Talk about lavish! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The cashew fruit and nut. One of my favourites!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Madam, this is the largest lake in India.” I put down the camera to hear some details from one of the boat guides. I love how they say ‘madam’ so this is one of the few times I’m not at all tempted to ask that they call me by my name! It’s so much better than ma’am. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Parasurama, the 6th of 10 Avatars of Lord Vishnu, threw his battle axe into the sea. As a result, the land of Kerala arose, reclaimed from the sea.<\/p>\n

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Sights along the backwaters…<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Washing clothes along the bank.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Boat taxi.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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My roommate on left and Alice on right.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Really majestic to see elephants here like this but quite unfortunate the chains on all legs. Support the practice of riding elephants, and this ‘attraction’ will continue.<\/div>\n
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