We took the standard tour from the KTDC office - and headed out into the backwaters with 10 other tourists. We rode in a bus to a little stop where we got into two huge canoes - and sat on plastic deck chairs. Weird. Two men pushed the canoe through narrow waterways and we snapped pictures of whatever looked interesting.
Strangely, the backwaters are heavily populated which meant the canoe passed people doing laundry in the water, and even a man bathing. About 45 minutes into it we get out of the canoes and they walk us inland where a guy climbs a huge coconut tree and hauls down enough coconuts for all of us - then another man chops it open and we savour the sweet freakiness that is coconut juice. Lastly, they crack it open and we eat the coconut goodness inside.
After a bit more canoeing, we switch to a houseboat that cruises around the islands and we got a tour of an island calcium factory, and some info on common medicinal uses for local plants. It was terrifically boring, but they fed us some great Keralan food so we were happy. :)
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