Feb 27, 2014 04:32 PM
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Went to kumrakaom in february 2008 along with my wife.one night stay on boathouse was part of our tour package.
Before entering the houseboat the car driver took us to the tour agent:Kerala Tours and Travels who took all the money for further trip.after that we boarded the houseboat whose name I don't remember now.they started the houseboat and for 1-2 hours the boat travelled through backwaters and then took a halt in the evening at a secluded place.
In the first place this was a scary experience with nobody around.we felt insecure.to our respite after 1 hour another boat landed nearby with a family on board.
then came the poor quality dinner.the houseboat was poorly lit in the evening.there were mosquitoes all around jumping on our food.air conditioners ran for a short time.there was no privacy anybody can disturb you.place was smelly and stinking.
We almost spent a sleepless night.but the worst was to come in the morning.at 5 o' clock when they told us that houseboat will not take us to the original place in kumrakaom from where we started in the afternoon.they gave an excuse that there were fishing nets in the backwaters so houseboats can't cross them instead a small dingy will take us back to the road.they charged 100 rupees for that dingy.travelling in dingy amidst deep backwaters was a frightening experience.finally the dingy guy took us to other side of the place from where our taxiwala took us for further trip. what I feel strongly is that this is a way of cheating customers by saving petrol cost of running a houseboat.after this houseboat stay we took a sigh of relief and vowed never to visit that place again.
I think it is better to visit this place with a group rather than as a couple.
