hey what's up guys today we are reacting to this Vlog this is a travel Vlog and this is
um the name of the channel is Alison Anderson so if you guys want to check
her out the link is in the description as always and she visited Kerala mascara
let's go I can't believe I'm about to say this but hello from India
amazing that's a great start hello from India one day I will say that phrase
[Music] what a beautiful location
[Music] I need to buy my my drone before I go to India [Music]
Kerala here in India thanks to Kerala tourism who's hosting me for this trip it's my come
on Kerala tourism host me too first time in India I am so excited to be here and I'm going
to be spending the next week traveling through Kerala with a guide Carol is a popular vacation
destination it's really Scenic there's a lot of Coastline there's mountains there's some Wildlife
this morning I'm in the city of Cochin and we have a bit of a drive ahead of us today it's going to
be at least four hours we're heading into the mountains to the town of Manar and it looks
it does look incredible [Music]
this morning has been exciting it's been a bit of a rush I poked my head outside of my Den at like 5
50 a.m just to check what the weather was doing it was about 20 minutes before Sunrise I didn't
know if it was going to be rained out guys I have something that you make you may um agree with me
the way that we check if it has rained or if it will rain is by the smell am I right you can smell
the rain you can smell if it's gonna rain you can smell it am I right am I wrong let me know
but I at least in my country that's how we know it's gonna rain we can we have that rain smell
we know we know it's gonna happen we don't need to check and there was a cloud inversion in the
mountains this morning so I threw all my stuff in the bag sprinted out my door to try and catch it
for Sunrise it is so beautiful and it is pristine up in these mountains it feels like I'm sitting up
in a cloud there's patches of fog among the hills and we're staying in these tents that
are tucked into the Mountainside so it feels so immersive and it's so quiet jungle Resort [Music]
which was one of the most seat drives of the trip every five minutes I wanted to stop and
take pictures and we made it to thickety to visit periar national park for a boat Safari trip and
if you like monkeys this is the place for you these guys are everywhere around the boat launch
and they're not shy you can sit just a few feet away from them and take pictures oh that's cute
a boat Safari is such a great way to see wildlife because in the park all animals eventually come
down to the water to drink so you have a chance to see everything here and if you're lucky you
can even spot elephants and tigers in this park that's nice elephants and tigers wow
laughs [Music] the mountain experience in pyramidu which is a beautiful property and I'm staying in
the cutest little cabin-like room with this beautiful balcony I can sit out on and here
I'm going to be learning more about the Tea making process and then this afternoon I'm going out on
a Jeep ride to explore the property some more so one of the experiences at the Misty Mountain
experience is a tea factory tour so you can see how it's all made and one of the very basic things
about tea that I didn't know before this tour is that both black and green tea come from the same
plant and it requires a specific temperature and humidity to thrive which is what makes this region
and property so special but something else that makes the property incredible is it's perched
on a Mountainside with waterfalls running down it guests can go on a beautiful scenic
Jeep ride and the views are so beautiful [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music]
one of the coolest things I've ever done traveling I'm staying on a private houseboat
tonight so it's just me and my guide and a few crew members here to operate the boat and cook
and keep everything running and it is so cool and it has been so relaxing to sit here and
drift through the back Waters and take in the scenery bro it's basically coffee shop in the
good
the next day was the Champions boat League snake boat races this event is an annual series of races
on the backwaters of Kerala with teams of rowers racing these black Waters boats called snake boats
because of the shape and it's a big deal people line the banks of the backwaters for it [Music]
foreign one of the highlights of this day was that one of the families that live on the water invited
me into their home for lunch and they were so kind it's traditional to eat everything with your
hands in India even rice and sauce so they were coaching me on how to do it and I think they found
it kind of amusing to see me try it for the first time and it was just such a wonderful experience
bro that is so nice man I'm telling you Indians are so hospitable they really know how to have a
guest and you know I I have been invited to an Indian house I haven't told you guys right one
of my neighbors is Indian and they invited me to their house and they're very very kind um that was
nice though I should have vlogged it but I didn't want to invade anyone's privacy and you know they
they don't know how I make videos so it was just for you know getting to know the neighbors [Music]
and they they left a few cards for me under
the the door uh when it was iwali and New Year's so man they're very
what's the word here social that's nice [Music]
I've made it to Paradise this property that I'm staying at is kind of like if a hotel and
an Airbnb were mixed I'm the only guest here so I have the entire property to myself but
there's also staff here it's like a private stay it's called vismaya and this outdoor
shower situation I have is amazing outside of my room I have a little private Courtyard
with all of the bathroom things and there's this rain shower I came out here at like 9
00 p.m last night it was like still 80 degrees and I stood under this shower and it was Perfection
if you've never stayed somewhere with a private outdoor shower like this you need
to add it to your bucket list but it needs to be somewhere tropical I've stayed at places in
the desert with outdoor showers but it cools off so much at night that like in the early morning
or late at night when you would typically take a shower it's kind of too cold to be pleasant
but when it's tropical and it's still warm at night or in the morning it's amazing and then
this morning I got up at sunrise eyes and swam in the pool beautiful sunrise [Music]
next we drove to a spot nearby for a village experience where I got to visit some local homes
and learn a little about their way of life they showed me how they produce Goods like woven Palm
Shades and I got to see how they fashioned ropes which was really incredible this took them less
than a minute to make from a coconut husk and it's so strong bro this is so nice they hand make all
of these things you know it it's quite impossible to know anybody in the Western in the west
um that makes their own stuff their own shades for example wow
wow I coconut tree climbing device we headed to the murari beach resort on the ocean which is a
really beautiful property they also place a strong emphasis on sustainable tourism
and they have this tea cart where a woman makes what's called meter shy because it's
poured from a meter high and she was so good at this the resort is especially known for its
ayurvedic medicine center and of course the beach the sunset over the Arabian Sea was incredible
can somebody tell me what that makes it does it like Bubble Up does it kind of like make a
natural froth when you pour it up from meters I would suppose it makes like a
delicious froth [Music] well this is it for my time in India I'm back where I started in the
city of Cochin I didn't really know what to expect before coming here actually my guide
and I were talking about this he said a lot of the world especially Americans when they
think of India they just think of the Taj Mahal and nothing else where in reality it's actually
quite a large country with a lot of other things in it so I didn't come here with a
lot of expectations which is sometimes the best way to experience a new place and I loved the
scenery I loved the thought bro India is huge how do you not go to India with a lot of expectations
in fact I have a lot of expectations of going to India and I'm actually afraid that I can't
visit all the places during my trip and I know I won't be able to it's physically impossible
Augie mountainous Hills and the Tranquil back Waters if you are planning for visit to Kerala
and you're interested in doing a kind of like a road trip through the state like I did my number
one tip would be to book a guided tour about an hour into the tour I realized there was no way
I ever would have been able to navigate it by myself so definitely if you're planning to come
here and move around a lot I would totally do a tour thanks for coming along with me on this one
I hope you all are doing well and I will see you next time bye that was a very nice and insightful
video very well produced by this lady Allison Anderson you can check out her channel in the
comments or in the description and guys if I ever go to India You're Gonna Be My tour guide I'm sure
of it anyways thank you for watching I hope to see you on the next videos don't forget to like
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