Boats, Beach and Elephant

Deetya Rastogi
4 min readJun 28, 2020

15th August — Independence Day 2017 — Travelogue

It was a nice early morning I was sitting in my bedroom with my parents and I was thinking that I could go to a hotel for my holidays I was lost in my dream thinking that I was really there then my mom tapped me then I just came back in my bedroom and asked me what happened I told them about my dream.The next day my dad woke me up for school I woke up brushed my teeth changed my clothes and got ready for school.When I was in school and it was almost about to be home time.I was in ICT class and I was doing my work then a note came for me I thought how it can be for me but then it was for me It said that Deetya has to go down because her parents came to pick up her I was wondering why they came to pick up me then I packed my bag and went downstairs to my parents When I was sitting in car my parents told me why and the answer was that I was going to a place name Kochi and another place name Alleppey for live view of the annual Nehru Boat Race in Kerala’s famous backwaters.

Snake Boat Race of Alleppey

When I reached home I packed my bags and sat in the cab to go to the airport I sat in the plane and I was thinking that when I reach Kochi what what would be there like a beach where I could play and go to swimming.When I landed at the airport and sat in the cab and reached the hotel it was very beautiful I thought it was a hotel but it was not a hotel there was villas and it’s name was EL OCEANO Beach villas, an Ayurvedic beach resort and it was divided in 2 parts 1 part was in the right and the other in the left hand side it was only little bit further the other part and my room was in the other part my room was so beautiful and it has rose petals on the bed it has a swimming pool.

Greenery at El Oceano Beach Resort
Ready with Green Tea at Beach Villas for my parents
Creative writing on the sands of Marari beach Alleppey

The next day in the morning I went for a walk then I saw a swing and enjoyed the ride.I also swam in the water with my dad and mom we also took a beach walk and I collected seashells.I played table tennis with my mom and dad and I swam in the swimming pool the pool had salty water because people come from the beach with salty legs that’s why.The next day I went to a boat race it was lot of crowd there were long curved shaped boats and they have numbers on them like 56,97.I had fun in the boat race.I also putted my legs in the water.We also sat in a Shikara boat ride on Punnamada lake.

Shikara ride at Punnamada lake backwaters

I also went in a elephant ride with my mom the elephants were so huge and tall there were also 2 rogue elephants.I enjoyed the elephant ride with my mom however do wished for seeing them in wild.I also visited a coir museum where everything is made of coir even a house I also saw the machines which make coir.I also clicked a pic where I am acting to eat a fish.At last I went to a church and it’s name is Santa Cruz cathedral basilica, Fort Kochi church and I enjoyed a lot.Then I took a fight back to Bangalore.

Me and Mom on a gentle giant
Kerala has many captive tuskers ones like one here
Trying hands on photography at Coir Museum Alleppey

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Deetya Rastogi

Young learner but old listener, amateur baker and singer. Trying to make the world a little more sustainable, inclusive and beautiful !!