Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Kerala Trip

Recently I went for Kerala trip with Anitha [From 26Dec to 30Dec 2010]

Trip Plan:
  • Aquaserene Resort in Kollam - 2 days
  • House boat in Alleppy - 1 day

Mode of Transport
  • Train journey from Bangalore to Kollam (Kochuveli Express)
  • Cab from Kollam to Alleppy
  • Train journey from Alleppy to Bangalore


Trip Details

Aquaserene Resort @ Kollam [27 Dec to 29 Dec 2010]:
  • We boarded the Train to Kerala on 26-Dec (Sunday) at 5:00 PMtio from Majestic Railway Station. The train reached Kollam 10 minutes late on 27-Dec at 7:50 AM. The resort (Aquaserene) has sent vehicle for pickup from Railway station (Complementary).
  • The resort is located about 20 kms from the railway station, it is located in a beautiful location surrounded on 3 sides by Back water.
  • We went around the resort and took some nice snaps, the package included Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included in it. Thanks to Wipro for sponsoring this for 10 years of service.
  • Some Snaps of Resort and surrounding
View of Resort Office

Old man taking out River sand


Complementary Boat Ride

Nice photo of Kingfisher

House Boat @ Alleppy [29 Dec to 30 Dec 2010]:
  • We went from Kollam resort to Alleppy by cab, it was an expensive ride
  • Reached Alleppy boat house location [Finishing point], waited for few minutes for boat crew members to come and meet us at the car parking area.
  • The boat ride was excellent, the whole experience was wonderful
  • Some snaps from the boat ride
Anitha in front of our House Boat

Anitha inside the House boat

View of other House boat

Breakfast on House boat after a nice swim

Morning Bath