A journey measured in tides, not kilometres. The backwaters are not a destination but a network: 900 kilometres of canals, lakes and rivers that link…
The backwaters are not a destination but a network: 900 kilometres of canals, lakes and rivers that link villages without roads. We trade the big houseboats for a small canoe on day three, and suddenly we are inside village life: washing steps, toddy shops, children rowing to school. It is slow travel in the most literal sense.