I have loved my trip but as in any tour it's always very fast paced and by the end you are exhausted. My friend Leslie's husband, Vasu, is from Kerala and while planning my trip he invited me over to his house to spend some time with his family and eat delicious food.
I have been looking forward to my last 4 days in India even before I left home so I am beyond excited about seeing him and spending time with his family.
Finally... Sunday morning Vasu and his sister Lakshmi picked me up from my hotel and since they know how much I like to eat we went out for lunch!
This was my first time trying Puttu! Originally it was a long roll (like sushi) but nowadays they stuff it with different things and is delicious!
We tried a... Don't remember the name... But it was AMAZING!
It's pretty much cream with tons of tropical fruits! We saw a poster with it and decided to get it and shared it. I totally thought we would be disappointed by the look of it since (we thought) it wouldn't look anything like the picture but it looked even better... And tasted just like heaven!
After a great meal we made our wade to Vasu's home where I got to meet Amooma, his grandma.
She is beyond precious and even though she doesn't speak english she still talks to me and I have no idea what she is saying so I just smille and I repeat what I think she is trying to say in English! Haha
Here she is working on some beans!
I spent the rest of the afternoon eating snacks made by Vasu's amma.
And then a delicious dinner...
Home made puri
Since I've done most of the touristy stuff in Kerala I really just wanted to relax and enjoy my last couple of days before I go back home.
The next day I woke up and Vasu took me for a tour of the garden!
The day before I had noticed all the trees in the property and that they had some plastic around the trunk and he explained that they are rubber trees and the plastic cover protects them from the rain.
He then had the guy who works with the trees show me how they get the rubber off the tree. It was super interesting! I didn't even know that rubber came from a tree! So everyday the rubber tree trunk has to have a very thing layer peeled off, when the layer comes off rubber liquid comes pouring down the trunk and ends up dripping into a coconut shell. The guy cutting the trees then collects all the liquid, puts it into a bucket and when a huge bucket is filled they send the liquid to a factory.
After the rubber trees we went to take a look at the garden where they plant passion fruit, chillies, lemons and so many other fruits!
Later in the day I was entertained by watching how lotus flowers were planted in the pond!
The same guy that works on the rubber trees did the lotus. First he jumped into the pond fully clothed and filled 5 buckets with mud from the bottom of the pond. Then, he got the lotus roots with the lili pads on top and kind of planted it into the mud that he collected. Finally he placed the mud back at the bottom of the pond and made sure the lili pads were placed evenly in the pond!
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