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Terrible houseboat and company; pointless cruise
LakeLands Cruises的点评
点评：The only real positives were the two crew members - especially the cook. He was a lovely young man, incredibly polite and an excellent cook.
However, the boat itself was far from “luxurious.” It clearly needs significant repair and maintenance: paint peeling everywhere, flooring lifting, and no hot water. I understand this is a Kerala houseboat and expectations can differ - but not when you compare the actual condition to the taglines and promises on the website.
I would also say the overall journey is a complete waste of time. You spend the majority of it on Vembanad Lake, including a 90-minute stop while the crew take their lunch. You’re on the lake or the large feeder rivers for almost the entire duration, and you see very little of what people would genuinely recognise as the backwaters. Really all you see are dozens of other houseboats.
To make it worse, they moor the boat for the night roughly 100 metres from their own office, take you out for about 45 minutes the following morning, and then bring you straight back again.
Because we felt we hadn’t actually experienced the backwaters at all, we took a Shikara boat for three hours afterwards - and saw far more. It’s cheaper, far more scenic and gives you the experience you expect. The only downside is that you’ll need to arrange lunch in town, which is one of the few things we would miss from the houseboat trip.
However, the boat itself was far from “luxurious.” It clearly needs significant repair and maintenance: paint peeling everywhere, flooring lifting, and no hot water. I understand this is a Kerala houseboat and expectations can differ - but not when you compare the actual condition to the taglines and promises on the website.
I would also say the overall journey is a complete waste of time. You spend the majority of it on Vembanad Lake, including a 90-minute stop while the crew take their lunch. You’re on the lake or the large feeder rivers for almost the entire duration, and you see very little of what people would genuinely recognise as the backwaters. Really all you see are dozens of other houseboats.
To make it worse, they moor the boat for the night roughly 100 metres from their own office, take you out for about 45 minutes the following morning, and then bring you straight back again.
Because we felt we hadn’t actually experienced the backwaters at all, we took a Shikara boat for three hours afterwards - and saw far more. It’s cheaper, far more scenic and gives you the experience you expect. The only downside is that you’ll need to arrange lunch in town, which is one of the few things we would miss from the houseboat trip.
翻译：唯一值得称道的是两位船员——尤其是厨师。他是一位和蔼可亲的年轻人，彬彬有礼，厨艺精湛。
然而，船本身远称不上“豪华”。它显然需要大量的维修和保养：油漆到处剥落，地板翘起，而且没有热水。我知道这是一艘喀拉拉邦的船屋，人们的期望值可能有所不同——但当你把实际情况与网站上的宣传和承诺进行比较时，就会发现这完全不成比例。
我还想说，整个旅程完全是在浪费时间。大部分时间都待在文巴纳德湖上，包括船员午餐的90分钟停留。几乎全程都在湖上或支流上，你几乎看不到人们真正意义上的喀拉拉邦内陆水域。实际上，你看到的只是几十艘其他的船屋。
更糟糕的是，他们把船停泊在离自己办公室大约100米的地方过夜，第二天早上带你出去大约45分钟，然后又直接把你送回来。
因为我们觉得根本没真正体验到喀拉拉邦的内陆水道风光，所以之后我们又乘了三个小时的什卡拉船——结果看到的景色更多。什卡拉船更便宜，风景也更美，能让你获得期待已久的体验。唯一的缺点是需要自己在镇上解决午餐，这也是我们觉得乘船游览少有的遗憾之一。
然而，船本身远称不上“豪华”。它显然需要大量的维修和保养：油漆到处剥落，地板翘起，而且没有热水。我知道这是一艘喀拉拉邦的船屋，人们的期望值可能有所不同——但当你把实际情况与网站上的宣传和承诺进行比较时，就会发现这完全不成比例。
我还想说，整个旅程完全是在浪费时间。大部分时间都待在文巴纳德湖上，包括船员午餐的90分钟停留。几乎全程都在湖上或支流上，你几乎看不到人们真正意义上的喀拉拉邦内陆水域。实际上，你看到的只是几十艘其他的船屋。
更糟糕的是，他们把船停泊在离自己办公室大约100米的地方过夜，第二天早上带你出去大约45分钟，然后又直接把你送回来。
因为我们觉得根本没真正体验到喀拉拉邦的内陆水道风光，所以之后我们又乘了三个小时的什卡拉船——结果看到的景色更多。什卡拉船更便宜，风景也更美，能让你获得期待已久的体验。唯一的缺点是需要自己在镇上解决午餐，这也是我们觉得乘船游览少有的遗憾之一。
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