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In the late afternoon a refreshing cool breeze sprang up and by 5.30 our boat was moored for the night and Fanny and I put our mosquito defense plan into action. 

All the Deet and Pymethrin spray that had languished in the bottom of our suitcases came into play.  May the gentle Jain forgive us but we even festooned our dining area with old fashioned fly paper which was quickly covered with all manner of flying insects.  Eventually the sounds and smells of dinner wafted from the galley.  We ate and retired, relaxed and happy.

Next morning revealed not a single bite.

Duck farming, coir making, fishing, shrimp farming and boat building and of course tourism all provide  employment.

 

We headed back, winding through the palm fringed canals, past paddy fields and hamlets, passing the early morning laundresses, shoppers on the way to market, children taking boats to school and the working men and women of the Backwaters going about their daily business.

Long may it continue.

 

Saying goodbye to out great crew I couldn't help wondering when, if ever, we would next have 3 men waiting on us hand and foot.W

  
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