A fishing-village beach 15 km north, quieter and cleaner than the town beach, with palm groves behind and boats drawn up on the sand.
The nicest beach within reach of Alleppey and a good place to add a night after the houseboat. Fishermen work the beach at dawn.
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A punted canoe into the narrow canals that houseboats are too big to enter, past coir-spinning yards…
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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 converted rice barge with a bedroom, a cook and a deck, cruising Vembanad's canals and mooring…
A wide beach with the remains of a 137-year-old sea pier, a lighthouse behind and the usual Kerala…