We meet the parents at the Backwater Ripples Luxory Resort, which true to its name is on the Kerelan backwaters and we sit by the pool and watch the ripples of the vine-ripe lake. There are these lotus like plants that inhabit all the water in this area and they have these pink flowers floating on the top. Amazingly, there are no roots and they float in all parts of the lake. The converted rice boat, is laced with bamboo and is a virtual floating palace complete with AC. The only problem is that one needs to run the AC at night to mask the sound of the generator behind the boat. The generator quits around 4 in the morning and we fine it is much cooler opening the windows. The area is like Venice with the only commerce being possible by boat, as all the houses are sandwiched between the rivers and the rice fields that flow on for miles. The children must walk upon the narrow embankment to go to school as we see them on their way home. We dock along the bank of the river and seem to be in a community of rice-boat all spending the night together. Our crew of 3 cooks us a wonderful Kerelan feast of different local foods. The next morning as we are passing through a narrow foot bridge, the captain steers a bit to close to the bridge support and tears through the bamboo thatched side of the boat. The remaining 2 hours of the journey is quite quiet as the crew worries about the effects of the damage when we return to port.