The water ways of Kerala are a living culture, their lives revolve around them. From bringing food supplies, to crossing people across, to even bricks for building. The back waters arent just the gorgeous naturally but splendid rich in culture. Spend one day going around these back waters, ride from Alapuzzha to Kumarakom in a ferry instead of the plush house boat and you will be sitting amidst such splendid cultural diversity. As wonderful and luxurious a House Boat can be , but the true travel experience comes from these ferries, kids going to school. dogs and cats even taking a free ride, a really cheap ticket, or you could even go on those streamlined thin boats, that precariously float about the smallest of canals without loosing balance. The experience can be exhilarating ...
