Up for a lovely breakfast on the roof. Then off for a day long tour (only $15!). Was greeted by a sleepy bus full of tourists. After an hour and a half we reached the little boats that would take us through small canals to a spice farm that was really a wilderness. A wedding procession went over the bridge as we passed by carrying the bride in an auto rickshaw. The canals were small and shallow. The landscape lush and sparsely populated. We got out of the boat to watch men split open coconuts and a woman make rope. Then we walked to a private farm. I got to taste cinnamon from the tree, raw nutmeg flesh, neem more bitter than anything I've ever tasted, and curry leaves. We had lunch on an island. All the Germans, Brits, and I were especially surprised that they had really cold beer. The afternoon was spent on a house boat navigating the larger waters and some "back water" of Kerela. By the time I got home and took a shower, I was way too exhausted to have drinks with my new found friends, but luckily I was to meet up with them tomorrow.
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