The Journey was well planned in advance and we started around 3PM from our Uncles home -Alappuzha(Aleppey).May is the peak summer season in Kerala but luckily the seasonal cycle reversed for these two days. Thanks to the summer monsoon for showering & whipping up the romance 
.We shared one umbrella holding hands; looked at the rain drops and walked together towards the car. “Romantic Isn't it? “Cinema has spoiled us .But that was a great Lovey-Dovey moment together to be cherished !!!!
The roads of Allepey were looking beautiful & we were almost nearing Kumarakom. And we reached an amazingly beautiful; lush green; serene place. The resort was located amidst the greenery & has its unique ambience with the grace of nature’s natural colour.This Was the perfect vacation that I was longing to have ((away from the Polluted city life and hectic work schedules))...combination of Sounds of nature & Sounds of silence Yes I wanted this break badly.
We reached the” Royal Riveria “around 4.45PM.We freshened up had a cup of coffee & started exploring the new place. The dusk-dawn time started and orange light of sun never failed to delight...Those were the sunsets for life time!!!!
View Royal Riveria http://www.royalrivierakumarakom.com/
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| Sunset |
This was an opportunity to understand about the life of local people living there. The economic & domestic activities for supporting livelihood are agriculture, fishing and tourism.
The interior village of kumarakom doesn’t have public transport they rows the canoe very easily for their local commute. The slangs of the people were very different compared with other parts of Kerala. By then It was around 7.00pm we decided to spend time in the resort. The resort had a big swimming pool; a hammock to the other end; the waterfowl species (ducks) were given a separate habitat. I also enjoyed feeding them the seeds, grains which was kept in a nearby big bowl. We were too tired to go out for the dinner hence adjusted with the complementary cake provided by them.
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| Habitat for ducks !!!! |
Our amazing next day started with the complimentary Breakfast -Tasty Ghee roast dosa;sambar and chutney ((we opted it)).we headed towards our next destination at 9 am to "House boat" & we were mesmerized to see the beauty of Kumarakom.
"Set amidst coconut grooves; enchanting backwaters of vembanad lake -she is the Jewel of central Kerala."
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| Back waters of vembanad lake |
We entered our house boat ((the word “our” with prideJ)) for one day. A Perfect - warm welcome by the captain & his assistant with two glasses of tasty lime juice in the hot climate. A not very big House boat with a small Living room; small Dining; Bedroom-Perfect for a couple.
Boat was navigating in and around the Vembanad lake. In between we had our sumptuous & filling lunch with starter"Kappa -Fish Curry " and the famous "Pearl spot fish fry " alias "Karimeen" as well as the evening snack the tasty “Banana Fritters” .
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| Kappa-Fish Curry |
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| Yummy & Delicious lunch :-) |
We were almost nearing the shore and took a snap with our captain & assistant who were the caretakers of our entire trip.Thanks to them for making our journey so memorable and returned back to the hotel heading towards our next destination .
A worth remembering trip treasured for ever with lots of food, fun-Quality time breaking the usual routine and especially the work
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