Read this Kanyakumari travel blog and find out what to expect from the place!

When you visit a place what is that one thing that you look out for, the most?

That vibe that makes that particular place unique.

Sure you want to have a good time and follow your own way of travel. Those, who are all into leisure, for example, may look for a place to relax, a beachside resort, when travelling someplace in South India. But you also want to live that experience, that vibe, that the place you’re visiting is popular for.

Kanyakumari Blog

When I came to Kanyakumari, I was expecting the same. I was expecting a place, much tranquil, surrounded by sea, with no traces India’s confusing and muddled mainland. After all, this is where India concludes and finds itself gracefully surrounded by the mighty and the endless Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Bay of Bengal.

But when I arrived there to write this Kanyakumari travel blog, expecting tranquillity and the beauty of ocean I was left disappointed. I felt no tranquillity in there.

Neither did I get to experience the deafening seashores as I perhaps expected. One thing that I found in abundance, however, was all those short (and periodic) glimpses of the sea, every time I peeked through its never-ending, choked markets and multi-story guesthouses, staged right next to the seashore.

And when, at times, I somehow ended up on a beach, I found it perfectly intertwined with confusion and excitement of thousands of tourists that come here every day, as if trying to diminish the ruling authority of the sea.

There were street sellers of all kind – artists holding a conch, lovingly in their hands and gently stroking it with their painting brush; middlemen luring tourists with fake jewellery or fake tiger claws.

You also don’t find yourself good public transport to Kanyakumari from any of the nearby town. Road transport in Tamil Nadu is bad, and so is the train connectivity.

Some people visit Kanyakumari to experience its history, whereas others visit to experience its two priceless moments – sunset and sunrise. And I was here for both. In fact, much more than that.