The first weekend after joining a training session of 3 months in Trivandrum,Kerala. Also called God's own country,believe me-its true if you love untouched unharmed natural beauty.
Language barrier is persistant for non malyalis but the people here are intelligent enough to understand our non verbal cpmmunication accompanied by Hindi or English. You might miss indigenous food varieties here. You wont feel ashamed if you dont have good table manners...people are used to it....:D
So now...our first trip. The VARKALA BEACH.
An awesome place to when talk about a beach with a rich feel. Huge waves when we visited...being a full moon night nearby. Too much safe. If you could understand your limits. You need to expect uneven terrain in water.
Too saline water when you talk about it. Clean, moderately cold and filled with superfine silt given you a smooth feel when in water but believe me its a mess when you get out of water. It sticks a lot.
Something new i found was we could spend night at the beach sleeping on a rented "khaatla" the jute bed. Didnt have the experience but would soon have it with time to spare.
Now coming to the transport facilities,being a very well organized transport service of KSRTC in the city and around,there are direct buses available for Varkala. You can also board a bus to KallamBallam and then catch a bus from there to Varkala. High frequency available at Kallamballam so it can be preferred. For return journey,the last bus, a semi low floor a/c bus is available at night,7:30pm.
Overall,you would enjoy the journey towards Varkala if travelling in an open bus. A/C buses are certainly more comfortable. It is around 40km from Kazakuttom junction.
So would be a maximum of 1:30hr journey. Spending a night might be a good experience so I personally advice go in the evening and return the pther morning.
Overall,its a pleasure to go. Foreigners all around in the summer specially. Too many beach restaurants. Beer and hook up parties too going on around. Too many resorts and restaurants around. So go there. Wish you a happy journey....
Language barrier is persistant for non malyalis but the people here are intelligent enough to understand our non verbal cpmmunication accompanied by Hindi or English. You might miss indigenous food varieties here. You wont feel ashamed if you dont have good table manners...people are used to it....:D
So now...our first trip. The VARKALA BEACH.
An awesome place to when talk about a beach with a rich feel. Huge waves when we visited...being a full moon night nearby. Too much safe. If you could understand your limits. You need to expect uneven terrain in water.
Too saline water when you talk about it. Clean, moderately cold and filled with superfine silt given you a smooth feel when in water but believe me its a mess when you get out of water. It sticks a lot.
Something new i found was we could spend night at the beach sleeping on a rented "khaatla" the jute bed. Didnt have the experience but would soon have it with time to spare.
Now coming to the transport facilities,being a very well organized transport service of KSRTC in the city and around,there are direct buses available for Varkala. You can also board a bus to KallamBallam and then catch a bus from there to Varkala. High frequency available at Kallamballam so it can be preferred. For return journey,the last bus, a semi low floor a/c bus is available at night,7:30pm.
Overall,you would enjoy the journey towards Varkala if travelling in an open bus. A/C buses are certainly more comfortable. It is around 40km from Kazakuttom junction.
So would be a maximum of 1:30hr journey. Spending a night might be a good experience so I personally advice go in the evening and return the pther morning.
Overall,its a pleasure to go. Foreigners all around in the summer specially. Too many beach restaurants. Beer and hook up parties too going on around. Too many resorts and restaurants around. So go there. Wish you a happy journey....
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-Abhishek Kothari
Assistant Systems Engineer
TATA Consultancy Services Ltd
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