For our Diwali holidays (our first holidays as "indian citizens"! One full week) we traveled a bit threw the Kerala, a south-west indian state. We first spent two days in Kochi. from there, we moved to Alappuzha and spent a day and night on a houseboat, floating on the backwaters. Then we moved to Periyar/Tekkady, in the montains (1200 to 2000 m) full of tea plantations and spice cultures that create amazing, beautiful landscapes.