The Venice of the East, a well suited name for a place like Alleppey. Today i had to go there for an “unconferece”- Blog Camp Kerala, the first ever of its kind in Kerala and that too in a house boat. I have been to Alleppey a million times, but i never enjoyed its beauty like today.

Me along with my friends (Jojo, John, Charles, Lijo, Praveen, Linjo, Alex and Jerome) went there by Charles’ and Alex’s car. First of all, i havent used that route for a while, most of the time i went to alleppey by boat. But i was surprised when i saw the road well surfaced and so we reached Alleppey within no time. Then we found our way to the boarding point, Punnamada Jetty. Punnamada is known for the boat races held yearly. Infact last one was just 1 or 2 week back. Did you know that kerala boat race is globally accepted the largest group sports event. Am not so sure but i guess a Chundan vallom will be holding any where between 100 -120 people in a single boat and all of’em row to move the boat. So it deserves the title of biggest sport event.

Our house boat came little late, but in that time my friends and I explored the beauty of Punnamada. After some time the boat came, and wow, its an air conditioned two storied boat. On the top story you have a conference hall and below that three bedrooms, kitchen and a small area like a lounge to relax. After an ice breaking session people began to talk about various subjects like, SEO, Typing Assistants and all. It was nice, i attended a few of’em. But i have already heard about most of them, so i decided to hang out with my friends.

Oh boy we had a really good time then. Lunch was hmmmm hmmm delicious with the delicacy of Alleppey; Karimeen Fry. Oh ya my mouth is still watering. So our boat went through a series of lakes and finally we reached where we began. We all said bye and started the return journey. That was also very nice with me, John and Jojo singing every song we knew.

That was pretty much the day. The trip really gave energy and freshness to our eyes with all those greeneries and water. These kind of trips are a must for all people to recharge their freshness.

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