Journey to the Mystery Island

I wrote this story for a school competition. I hope you enjoy it. I always wanted to travel to Africa. So, I brought a ship costing 55 lakhs rupees for the trip. We started our journey on 8th of April. Me and my family packed our things and reached the port. The ship was ready. …

Boatman on the Chilika

I have talked about him in two previous posts, here and here. But I just realised that I have not really introduced him. So here are two pictures of my boatman on the Chilika I met him in 2008, on a trip back from Orissa, when I took a detour for a quick trip to …

The many boats in Alleppey – the Venice of Kerala

In a previous post house boats of Alleppey, I had talked about the houseboats in the backwaters of Alleppey. But houseboats are not the only type of boats to be found here. In this district that is criss-crossed by backwaters, You can literally expect every family to have a boat, much like you expect every …

The house boats of Alleppey: What to expect

Alleppey in Kerala invokes many different images, the most common of them being houseboats and backwaters. These snaps are from a recent trip to the district. The house boat of today is not what it used to be. The original houseboat of Alleppey was often nothing more than a thatched rood put on top of …