Varkala - Cliff Beach Of India

From North To South

From Freezing Cold To Hot Sweats

From Parantha's To Idli's

          From Majestic Mountain's To Scenetic Ocean  !!!!! 

Just a month ago i was cruising all the way in Great Himalayan Range and here i was all set to travel for the first time, all the way down to South of India i.e Kerala a.k.a "God's Own Country". Little i knew that the trip which i planned was going to be one of the most memorable trip of my life and no doubt it was crazy......

Caught up an early morning flight from Mumbai To Trivandrum Airport and was lucky enough to meet a random cab driver who was heading towards kochi after his routine drop. As Varkala was just 40-45 km away from Trivandrum but still cab driver charges upto 1500 bucks just to drop you at the destination, but since i was travelling alone and had less of luggage i bargained up-to 600 bucks and there i was sitting all alone in Innova for a budget price ride.

Lost Hostel - That's where i resorted in Varkala and believe me the place is awesome. There is a vibe with that place you will get once you enter the dorm, which will make you feel deeply attached to the place at the first instance. As lunch hours was around the corner, i quickly got freshen up and headed towards the cliff for a bite. The very first view of the Varkala Cliff beach was insane, which would give goosebumps to anyone who visit it for very first time.

After having a quick bite in the most famous restro "God's Own Country" i headed towards Anjengo Fort, which was a 14km super scenetic bike ride from Varkala. It was around 3pm and for some weird reason it wasn't that hot as i expected to be. Anyways, beside fort itself there was this Lighthouse which was a huge gigantic and almost 130feet tall. Never visited a lighthouse before but trust me on this once i reached at the top, the view was breathtaking.....A 360° view of this place is something which you shouldn't miss...

Way across the skyline i saw a bridge which caught up my attention, i was keen to explore that place and found very few crowd heading up that direction. Rode my bike towards the bridge which was almost 3km away from the lighthouse. Definitely it was worth coming all the way down here, this place was like a mediator between Backwater of Kerala and Indian Ocean.

Spent like an hour at this place, as there was no one around to disturb and it was ultimate peace out there. With the day about to end, i headed back to Varkala to experience the stunning sunset. It was indeed stunning as at every minute after twilight, i could see sky changes it's color. It's that kinda moment where even your camera couldn't make any justice for the beauty of it.....

Back in hostel, i met so many solo traveler's who came all the way from different parts of the world. As i shared up my amazing experience at the Anjengo Fort, everyone got keen to visit this place. Well, we teamed up to visit that place again the very next day 😃

At the dawn, i woke up and was all set to take a dip in the sea as i wasnt able to do it other day. As i was heading towards beach, i teamed up with my fellow roommate "Shrikant" and started exploring some of the very less explored beach in the coastline. Landed up in Edava Beach which was 8km away from the where we started and my goodness the place was ultimate Nature beauty....

Coming all the way down to Kerala and if you haven't done "Kayaking" in the backwater then you surely have missed some hell of fun. 300 bucks that what it took for 30mins solo kayak ride. It was completely amazing exposure where you have to row all the way through yourself and get to know basic information about how exact kayaking is been done. Kappil Beach is indeed a perfect spot for all the water sports around that area.Later, we headed towards the beach to take a refreshing dip in water and to our luck there wasn't much of crowd at the beach.

Woah !! It was a much needed break from long time. As i never felt like swimming into the sea back when i visited Goa or Coastline of Konkan. It was something different out here which pulled me up in the crystal clear water. Headed back to hostel, took shower and again geared up for another bike ride but this time with more traveler's hoping in the plan.

So, just a day before i promised myself to visit "Anjengo Lighthouse" again in my life span but never knew that i would comeback the very next day. Lea and Akshay who were also solo traveler all the way from Canada and London joined us and it was an unforgettable journey. We headed towards the Crocodile beach as well, which was the same place i mentioned earlier i.e Permathura Bridge. It's been name as crocodile beach as the shape of the beach makes a similar look of the mouth of the crocodile.

                                                              A Day Spent Well !!!!

A Fine Dine after an awesome day is something which everyone craves for. Varkala Cliff market has some delicious restro's where one can have the best food. Do not forget to try fish curry and biryani's at "God's Own Country" restro.

Lost Hostel has so many indoor activities that you will forget to head out of the comfy zone and explore the place. So, as we were chilling out in common room we were invited up for birthday party which was right across the cliff and it was lit af 🔥

As the day comes to an end, only thing which remain was the memories of this place.

All's well that ends well !!!! Packing up my stuff early morning, it was time to visit the next destination of the trip i.e Alleppey.

What i did in Allepey? How i met best group in the town? Also, will disclose how much did this trip cost me ...... Everything will be covered up in next blog...... Till then Stay Tuned !!!!

Do remember, Carry Less And Travel More !!!!!

Day Out In Delhi

Winter's in North of India has it's own unique craving which attracts most of the traveler's. Same Ecstasy pulled us for this North Trip to #Rishikesh and #Auli which was covered up in my last blogs. Driving through the mighty Himalayan range we finally settled down at Delhi for our return journey, but since we were having a day in leisure we thought....Why not to Explore Delhi?

Ok,First things First guys.... It wasn't that cold where you expect whole city wearing jackets and scarf's around whereas me and friends were on our Tees. It was well awkward as while travelling in Metro as well everyone were giving us that stiff stare. Ignoring the stuff we concentrated more on our primary goal → "Delhi Chaat". How can someone miss the street food of Delhi, which has its own taste of happiness. Whether it be Chole kulche or Chole Bhature every thing was having exclusive aroma of the dishes.

We never hired a cab while travelling as Metro's in Delhi are the lifeline of this city, you can literally go from north to south or east to west through Metro with a luxurious ride. Our first destination was "Lotus Temple", which is well-constructed and fabulously maintained the greenery around this place. A huge amount of area has been covered up with Re-Used water been sprinkled up on the trees and well cut grass. It's an meditation center basically where you can experience ultimate silence inside the temple.

As the construction of the temple, replicates of Lotus flower it's been named as Lotus Temple. You will find number of small stalls around the entry gate where you can enjoy a heavy snack break, as again you will be having infinite food option's round the street. Indeed an must visit place if you are planning to visit Delhi.

Our next destination was a place where i can stay for hours an hours, its a place where i have been before an year ago and was lucky enough to stop by for the second time..............
It's "Gurudwara Bangla Sahib" 🙏  

There is something about this place which gives goosebumps everytime i even think of it. Traveled so many places around the country but the peace and positive energy which i got here is still irreplaceable. Again a huge place with Sarovar and massive Langar which is almost 24*7 active and a Sikh multimedia museum which has whole information about Sikh culture.

We spent couple of hours inside the Gurudwara and as the sunset we headed back to hotel. We wandered around Connaught place and had some yummy crispy fried chicken dishes and tasted every single bit of sweets which we saw here. It was indeed a perfect day which came to an end with lots of Delhi's memory been attached with us.

As our flight back home was in afternoon we kept all our bags packed in the night itself and left hotel after dawn. This time rather taking cab we again took Airport metro which directly drops you off at gate of IGIA T3. Metro station itself seems to be none less than an airport itself, for few minutes we couldn't believe we were in India itself. Metro journey towards the airport was pure bliss. Train's are well-maintained and are so frequent that you never regret to miss any train.

Of-course our return journey meant to be of 2hrs but got pushed uptil 6hrs as there was an emergency landing situation occurred due to a passenger getting passed out and landed up in Ahmedabad. It was an hectic journey but we finally reached somehow in Mumbai.

Another beautiful Trip came to an end but damn.... it was one heck of an awesome trip. Let's wait and see when we will be planning another trip to Himalaya's 💓 

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