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“ KERALA ‘S ANSWER TO THE ECO-TOUR CONCEPT ” “Cobalt blue lakes,watch the sprawling green paddy fields lined with tall coconut palms , breeze fragrance with freshness . ” It's an incurative network of innumerable lagoons, lakes, canals, estuaries and the deltas of forty four rivers that drain into the Arabian sea. over 900 kilometers of this libranthine water world is negligable. Cruise along the back waters and choose your anchoring spot at any of the picturesque locations you wish.
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Back Waters
House Boat
Water Race
Cusine
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The backwaters of kerala have played an important role in the economy of the state. Rice boats, and small ships used to trod these waters, carrying coconut , rubber, rice and spices to various trading centers of kerala.even today these water ways link remote villages and islands with the mainland. Its an incredibly different experience to cruise in the backwaters in the country boats, absorbing the beauty of kerala villages. One can travel from place to place by boat along these backwaters in a variety of water crafts getting a close up view of the country side, Quite lagoons and rural kerala, preserved through the ages, and completly hidden from the road.
House boats or ' kettuvelloms ' of kerala are giant country crafts, measuring upto 80 feet in length. It takes great skill to construct these giants by tying huge planks of Jack wood together without the use of a single nail.
Today these goods carriers have been adapted to make the most exiting tourism products in India, the luxuriosly furnished house boats.
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One couple has the exclusive run of the entire boat, and is attended by a personal cook and two boatmen.
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A typical meal prepared in a modernized galley consists of 'KOOTU' a coconut gravy based dish using lentils and snake gourd, topped with black mustard seeds and coconut shred,drumstick and dal curry. Thoren another kerala vegitarian specialityand a variety of grilled sea food, including fish and huge local prawns successfully prepared with lime, pepper and other spices.
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