Kanyakumari

Muppandal Wind Farm

We started from Rameswaram on 26th December 2017 saying to ourselves “Let it rain, let it pour- don’t forget to explore!” The ride was around 350kms and the weather was wonderful through out the day after last night’s thunderstorm. We hit the East coast road then NH 44 covering Rajasooriyamadai, Vembar, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Muppandal and Kanyakumari.

We were slightly behind the schedule by couple of hours, which turned out quite fruitful. We figured out that there is Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial, my favourite Indian president so far and we paused to salute a great soul. Later we briefly stopped at the Pamban road bridge to gaze at the hundreds of colourful boats rocking beautifully on the sea green ocean on the windy day and had a light breakfast at a highway stall before we hit the East Coast road. The ride was spectacular though palm lined roads followed by vast expanse of saltpan before Thoothukudi - a first hand memorable experience of salt mining from seawater while all this while we have watched only on the television sets. The ride around Thoothukudi was little nasty due to the trailer trucks causing huge traffic. Air pollution and hunger pangs do not go hand in hand making us desperately look for restaurants but luck ran out, there were hardly any restaurants for the next 50kms that too post noon. Being a believer of “better late than never,” we finally found Puspa Restaurant near Tirunelveli and had the most delicious meal and savoured every morsel. As we rode we came across the breathtaking view in Muppandal, we halted to click pictures of the thousand of windmills with the beautiful hills at the backdrop. We reached Kanyakumari late noon and quickly freshened up at the hotel and headed out for the Kanyakumari tour.

Sunset View Point

We rode to the Sunset viewpoint and as the sun started to set, the sky changed into different shades of orange making it so alluring. The evening was spent well marveling the Our Lady of Ransom Church, the 17th Century Gothic Revival architect church was pristine and its interior was surreal with the shrine beautifully shinning at the altar. We had a simple dinner- rice, fish curry and fried fish at Sea View Restaurant, the food was wholesome and yummilicious. 

Our Lady of Ransom Church

The following day we woke up early and walked to the Sunrise viewpoint however the clouds had other plans and the sun played peek-a-boo. 

Sunrise Point

Vivekananda Rock memorial

Later we took a ferry to the Vivekananda Rock memorial, which was a short fun ride. There was a magnificent statue of the Swami and few bookstores. The place was really windy and felt like I was going to be thrown into the ocean. The 133 feet tall statue of Thiruvalluvar was impressive however the visit to the rock was closed due to low tide. The experience was enthralling and we quickly packed, all set to ride to our next pitstop – Trivandrum.

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Places we ate on our tour:

Puspa Family Restaurant – Tirunelveli

Sea View restaurant - Kanyakumari