KANYAKUMARI

It's southest point of India, close 8th parallel. A small town, in which you may watch the sun rising over Bay of Bengal and setting over Arabian Sea. It was also one of the places my Indian friend Joe had recommended me before we seperated in Satna.



The night I arrived at the town, I learned that there was a two day religious holiday, worshipping the sun or something like that, starting two days later. And the population of the town increased from 30.000 to 200.000 in those two day period.
Thousands of men, dressed in black, came from other parts of Tamil Nadu state with their identical grey jeeps; plus women and children... I'm not disturbed by the way; the reason I left the town was that I had decided to fly to Singapore from Cochin on 24th Jan, almost 1 week later, and start my Souteast Asia tour. And I needed a place, close to Cochin, where I can easily and cheaply arrange the final details of the trip like flight tickets, visa requirements, etc.



After having two windy days in Kanyakumari, I left the town early in the morning in order to arrive Cochin late in the afternoon.

The town definitely worth to visit for a few days. Lots clean and cheap hotels you can find. The hottest spot is in the South Car St., at the left side, where you can eat delicious fish with a cost of just 20-30 Rp.