This is our fifth day in Kovalam and it
feels just right. It is an active
beach but not too busy. The
tourists are made up of Europeans mostly, followed by Indians. We haven’t come across (or heard) any
other Australians as yet although they are bound to be around.
We arrived in Kovalam in the state of
Kerala late Wednesday afternoon.
It was a two hour flight from Delhi to Mumbai and another two hours from
Mumbai to Trivandrum. The taxi
driver picked us up at the airport as arranged and took us to Treetops the
guesthouse I had chosen from Lonely Planet. It was set back in the trees on a hill, unfortunately two
years ago the construction of an apartment block was commenced (and is still under construction) right in
front of Treetops blocking ocean views and the sea breeze. Lonely Planet didn’t mention that. The owner John, an English expat
apologized for the view or lack of when we showed us our room. He said he had no chance to object as it was a bribe job hence he has the property up for sale.
We thought, oh well, doesn’t seem too
bad until we ventured down the hill to check out the beach and
restaurants.
The beach is the place
to be so the next day we set off to find a room on the beach. John understood and was very gracious
when we left that afternoon to our new room at the Sea Flower Beach Resort.
The Sea Flower is straight across from the beach. Hopefully there won't be a tsunami anytime soon, a repeat of 2004. We are one floor up so hopefully that would help, the building only has two stories and a roof.
It took a couple of nights to get use to the noise of the waves, they are so loud.
It is great being so close to the beach, the people watching
is better than TV. Jim has to say
that because the room hasn't got one. He has been watching the cricket on the
TV in the reception area with the two cricket mad staff members.
I have been very slack in writing a blog since our arrival as I
have been busy lazing on the beach, eating plates of fresh fruit, reading and
walking. Another couple of weeks of doing this and we’ll need to return to Gulmarg to ski off our excess weight
from lying around.
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| After 2 months of dahl, paneer and rice (which I love) it was good to have garlic prawns, crispy coleslaw and fresh chips - Yum! |
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| View from our balcony |
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| Photo taken along the promenade out the front |
Oh wow, it is lovely! Just as lovely as Mona Vale. Fantastic that we were at the beach almost at the same time. All that is missing from the blog is a comment about how much you miss the yoga ladies xx
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