I travelled through Kerala backwater twice,once during Chrismas holiday in 2003,when during a family vacation,we had the opportunity to sail in a cruise boat from Aleppy to Kollam.This time,while attending IPHACON 2012 at Kochi,I had the opportunity again to revisit the same route from the reverse direction,that is from Kollam to Aleppy.
The experience this time matches with the previous one,the natural scenary is the same pristine & sublime as before.People and their way of life are tne same.Only tourism infrastructure improved a lot.number of foreign tourists are more and houseboats can be spotted anywhere and everywhere.
We may compare our owm Sunderban with Kerala backwater.But our place will remain a distant cousin to Kerala in terms of tourism facilities and marketing.Though natural beauty is no less at Sunderban,iy can not compete with Kerala as accessibility,inftastructure and marketing are the areas where where we let it down totally.
In a lighter vein,the only experience we could not have,was spending a night in a houseboat in backwater!May be it will be possible next time.
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