Sunrise At KanyaKumari From CyberAbode.com

The last weekend was nice, me and Manu went to kanya kumari for a trip. It was a good one and long waited… the travel is awesome on safari but the traffic is quite high.

It was at hotel Samudra that we stayed – Room Number 606 … the top most room, on the south east corner … You know what ? Its the last ( or first ? )  hotel in the Indian subcontinent! Isnt that interesting ?Yea – we stayed at the southern most tip of india – at the southernmost hotel… surrounded by sea at two sides..

The room faces to Bay of Bengal and Indian ocean, and the windows opens to Vivekanda Rock and Thiruvalluvar statue.. INR 1200 per day was a cheap deal! We viewed the sunrise from the terrace of the building which is also a good sight..

My personal feeling is that the Thiruvalluvar statue is a shame (at least where it has been erected ), ofcourse, he is a great man. But the statue is standing there as a symbol of Tamilians’ selfishness or as a result of their feeling that no one should be greater than themselves. They could have erected the statue some where else, whey at kanyakumari ? just adjascent to the Vivekananda Rock ?

The sunset was a bit disappointing, sky was full of clouds… After the sunrise, we moved towards west the fishermen were busy poring their day’s catch to basket and taking them to market. ( They goes to fish at 2-3 AM and come back by sunrise )… Some others were busy picking the weeds.

By 1030 we left kanya kumari and visited  Suchindram and Padmanabhapuram palace.. Both are architectural marvels of ancient India and standing there for centuries… The stone carvings and the musical stones at suchindram were just amazing!

The Palace, its beyond explanation, it was the palace of the travancore kingdom untill the Dharmaraja shifted to Thiruvanathapuram.  ( Kowdiyar palace )

Manu took a lot of pics on his camera.. which can be viewed on his online gallery, CyberAbode.com

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