We were surprised by how crowded the lake was with other house boats. There were at least a hundred of them, all clustered together. This might seem obvious to some, but I was a little surprised that all house boats are completely stationary, unlike houseboats in say, Kerala. To some, it would be no different from a room in a hotel. We took only one room out of three on the boat and it was fun hanging out with the fellow passengers in the common room. This is not something that you get to experience otherwise, because you were usually cloistered in your own room throughout.