We took a serene trip on the backwaters nr Kollam to a place called Munroe Island. Eight passengers on a hand carved wooden canoe, punting through palm shaded waterways less than 2 metres wide in some places, with a charming guide called Sudisarran plus stops for all-important chai. As we set off he asked everyone in the boat their nationalities (2 Polish, 1 French, 4 British and one Czech). It was fun having to squash right down in the bottom on the boat as we slithered under very low bridges limbo style. Of course this can also be a problem if you’re distracted by the sights and taking lots of pictures. Cue near miss when our friend, the flame-haired Czech lady was momentarily distracted by something in the distance just as we were approaching one of the aforementioned low bridges. In a panic our guide started to shout ‘Czech Republic, Czech Republic, please be careful’ ! She dipped down just in time. We couldn’t stop laughing.
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