Kerrala, India

Mrinalini, Blair and I spent a weekend in Kerrala. We stayed at the plush Leela Palace Hotel. There were some mess ups with the reservations and the two of them ended up staying at the Presidential Suite. It was very very nice. We hired a houseboat and went up the backwaters to see beautiful scenary not normally seen on the streets of India. I organized a picnic lunch consisted of nuts, fresh fruit, sandwiches and dried mangoes (from the King's kitchen)! Saw monkies, lots of birds and people bathing!!