Kovalam beach: beautiful, peaceful and so nice

That day we decided to go to Thenmala, the first Eco-tourism location in Kerala. But we got up late, moreover we were not ready to travel such a distance on Sunday. Libin demotivated Neeraja by saying that ticket counter is 1km away from the actual place and I don’t know what he told, we decided not to go.

But it was Sunday, bored of watching films and moreover frustrated to spend the day in hostel, so we decided to go to Kovalam. Neeraja badly wanted to go Kovalam; she said she doesn’t have clear memories of that beach. I guessed she visited the beach when she was young. Anyways when two ladies have decided something finally there is no way anyone could stop it. Lakshmy wanted to join us but she had SBI clerical exams. (she is 99% sure she won’t get it but still she hold s on to the 1% and writes exam). So I and Neeraja decided, we are going Kovalam this evening.

How we reached.

We took bus from East fort bus stop which is 30 minutes far away from our hostel. Bus to Kovalam is frequent and it may take hardly 20 minutes to reach there. We took AC Volvo bus and cost per head is 26Rs which is very fair considering the journey.

Our experience

It takes 3 minute walk from bus stop to reach the beach. On our way we bought a packet of cut salty and spicy mangoes, costs only 10 Rs but tastes so delicious. The local flavor was more in it. The other tourists looked at us and smiled.

Kovalam is a very beautiful and clean beach compared to Shankumugham. The waves are so beautiful and water seems to be so clean. I noticed this only in Kovalam beach. When we started playing in water we were so happy. There is something about this beach that makes us so happy. Every time I looked into née raja’s eyes she was glowing with happiness, that spark was so clear in her eyes.

For me the waves were little naughty, big waves surprises us all of a sudden but it won’t make you afraid. It is peaceful even though it is naughty.

Near to our play area there was a fishing boat; Neeraja spoke to the local fisherman there and got into the boat. Sooner or later I too joined. The tourists were envious I guess, they wanted to get into the boat but they didn’t know the local language.

We started walking in the beach, we were not tired, and we just roamed from place to place. We also visited the shops but didn’t buy anything because the shopkeepers priced everything very high. It is for the tourists and not for the locals.

By 6 O clock the fishermen assembled and were ready to go to the sea. The tourists gathered to see the fishing. We didn’t waited that long because we need to get back to our hostel before 8pm. So we rushed to bus stop.

Unfortunately we didn’t know there were 2 beaches in Kovalam, we just saw the first one near the bus stop, it was very good. But we really want to go to the other beach now. I am more curious now.