A wide beach with the remains of a 137-year-old sea pier, a lighthouse behind and the usual Kerala sunset crowd.
Swimming is risky here — strong undertow and limited lifeguard coverage. It is a sunset and snacks beach, not a swimming one.
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A converted rice barge with a bedroom, a cook and a deck, cruising Vembanad's canals and mooring…
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A three-hour state ferry across Vembanad Lake and up the canals, through exactly the same landscape as…
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A punted canoe into the narrow canals that houseboats are too big to enter, past coir-spinning yards…
A fishing-village beach 15 km north, quieter and cleaner than the town beach, with palm groves behind…