Allepeh, Kerala

Friday 5th December 2008 (Wendy)
We had originally planned to catch the 8am train to Allerpey but decided not to set the alarm and catch the later train. We caught the local train which took 2 hours. We love travelling on the local train as its always an experience. I usually sit in the doorway and check out the scenery. No chance of doing that in the Uk or Aus. Health and Safety does not exist in India. When we arrived we headed to the reservation desk to book our last train to Chennai for the evening of the 8th Dec. We had tried to book the tickets several times but been unsuccessful due to no availability. We didn’t believe all the AC beds could be reserved. After queuing for ages we finally found 2 beds!! We were very pleased as we were running out of alternatives and needed to be there for our flight to Singapore. We checked into Palmy residency which was listed in the LP. We headed into town to have some lunch and walked around. Not much in the town, you just stay here before your backwater boat trips. At 4.30pm we borrowed the guest house’s bikes and headed to the jetty to reserve a boat for the next morning. We walked along the path and saw loads of boats. One caught our eye and it was a really good price but it was huge. 3 bedrooms and table settings for 6. Perfect for a group. It soon fell dark so we could not see the interior of the boats so headed back for dinner and decided to return at 9am in the morning.