What its actually like to sleep on the water at Evaans Casa
A guest asked our boatman to circle the island twice before landing. Not because he was nervous. He just wanted to take it in slowly, he said, from the...
Whats Actually Around Our Island, For Anyone Tired of Searching for Budget Resorts in Alleppey
The rain started around two this afternoon and hasn't stopped since. On a tin roof, that's not weather, it's a kind of music, steady at first, then...
The Honest Truth About Staying Near the Punnamada Backwaters
I walked down to the jetty just now, around six, because the light does something to the water at that hour that I still can't describe properly after all...
What resorts near Punnamada Lake actually feel like, hour by hour
There's no road to this island. That's the inconvenient part. You park near the jetty, we load your bags into a vallam, and six minutes later you step...
What a Day Actually Looks Like at a Backwater Homestay in Alleppey
The walk down to the jetty takes about four minutes if I don't stop to talk. I usually stop. There's always someone at the bend near the paddy field, or a...
The part of an Alappuzha stay nobody writes about: the bed, the fan, the six minutes of boat
The mist sits low on Vembanad most mornings until about seven. Before that you hear things more than see them. A diesel engine coughing somewhere past the...