Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Kerala homestay

The day after the houseboat, we went to a "homestay" with a family on the backwaters. We took "cooking classes" from the mother, who basically just told us what she was doing as she did it, but it was still educational. In the evening we went on a walk around the island and learned about the history. Afterwards, we enjoyed a canoe ride back to the house where the guide and canoers sang us folk songs. It also included a stop at the local toddy store for some locally made alcohol (toddy), which was probably the best locally made alcohol I've tried, but that's not saying much.
cooking lessons
rice paddies
baby goats are remarkably like puppies...
some kids in the backwaters

3 comments:

Unknown said...

The home stay looked interesting and the children seemed to be excited to have you take their picture.

Unknown said...

Where did the goats come from and what are their purpose?

Unknown said...

So are you making Indian food for us when you come back? ;)

The baby goats are adorable.