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Alleppey Backwater overnight cruise - a cautionary tale Be very sure that you are prepared for this. The drive is 5 hours from The hotel and the boats are very basic. We were unfortunate in that we had a boat to ourselves with one cabin and the crew of three had monosyllabic English. tThis meant that we were unable to find out anything about the wildlife or settlements that we were passing. The "cruise" started at around 2.30 pm and at 5.30 the boat moored at one of the crews villages. We had a meal on board and were told that was it until morning. There was nothing to do after taking a walk. The electrics packed up during the night, so no fan or air conditioning, so they had to start the diesel, which is very noisy and smelly, and precluded sleep. At 7.30 am we got under way had breakfast and by 9 were being disembarked. At £180 something that I will not repeat. There are backwater cruises locally to Trivandrum which take about 5 hours and include the sunset and cost half the price. People said they were really enjoyable

Auto rickshaw - Don`t use hotel taxis, auto-rickshaws 1/4 the price outside.

Only beach holidays Don't visit trivandrum city its a waste of time.Stay at the beaches.