The experience of sailing lazily
on a vast stretch of labyrinthine
water world in a Kettuvollam
(the local term for a houseboat),
sitting on the deck of the huge
traditional houseboat of Kerala,
is simply a ravishing experience.
Watching villagers usually going
on with their life and work,
swarthy children swaying their
hands to render their heart-felt
greetings and oneself feasting
the soul on the serenity and
purity of the beauty of nature
offered here, is just the experience
anticipated when a visit to
this part of the Indian peninsula
is planned in winters of India.
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