Kerala, also known as god's own country, known for its palm lines beaches and backwaters.
We had mostly covered beach side places only.
Day 1- from Delhi, we had booked flight upto Kochin. We reached quite late in night, so stayed there in a hotel near airport. Presidency hotel, which was a decent hotel
Day 2 - we book a cab for Alleppey. But in day time we roamed around local places of kochi. Seen beautiful churches, Chinese fishing nets.
Then in evening we reached Alleppey. Stayed in Treebo hotel there but was not that great, it was near Alupuzah beach though.
Went to Alupuzah beach in evening.
On day 3 - morning we went for backwaters ride. Books a shikara through Oscar Cruise company. Charges were around rs 1300 per person for 3 hr ride. During the ride they take you to a local village for local cuisine which was really tasty.
We rested in afternoon and in evening went to Marari beach.
Next day we started our journey for Varkala through cab. Which cost us around 5k. We reached Varkala by afternoon.
So from there we went for kayaking in Mangrove forest, which was really an amazing experience. They had two shifts one is sunrise and one sunset. We took sunset one.
Then in night we went to Darjeeling cafee at Varkala cliff, the food was amazing there.
In varkala we stayed in hotel Sajjyos, which was good and close to varkala beach.
Next day in Varkala, we went for surfing at Edava beach. We went in morning shift at 0730hrs. It cost rs 1300 per person. An amazing experience.
After a good session of surfing, we went back to our hotel, relaxed in the afternoon in hotel swimming pool.
In evening went to Kapil beach and bindos cafe at cliff. View from bindoos cafe is amazing.
The next day we went for early morning walk at Varkala beach. Weather was awesome in mng. People were running at beach, some were doing yoga, meditation, walking. Morning walk at beach side was an so soothing.
Then after breakfast we left for Poovar, which was our last destination of the trip. We reached poovar in afternoon. We have booked Isola Di Coco there was staying, which was a beautiful property. At Poovar you cannot roam around like in Varkala. There are not much places to visit there. For a day stay in Poovar is ok , you can explore the property in which you are staying.
There was backwaters in between resort and beach there. So for reaching beach, you have to take a boat from your resort. They will charge you Rs 100 for every trip. The beaches at poovar are also not that great. So stay at poovar was ok ok.
For transiting from one place to another, you have to book a cab which will cost you somewhere in between 3-5k, if hotels booking are done in advance then you can save a lot of money and will be able to book good hotels.
Personally I love Varkala the most out of all places. Lovely quite and amazing place.
