Around India In 80 Trains

From Delhi we took a 48-hr train down to Kottayam where we joined a gorgeous houseboat on Kumarakom's backwaters. We were more than a little smug with our fresh coconut water and giant double beds, and then moved to Marari Beach where we had dinner at Farm Kitchen, their outdoor restaurant where you can cut down all your ingredients in the organic garden before learning to cook it yourself. And lastly Passepartout nipped out early in the morning to watch the traditional Keralan martial art of Kalaripayattu.