From the south to the north of Kerala, the people get to explore the state in each district. I had already been to few places which had excited me due to the destinations to be explored. The next place to escape to was Kannur. Located in the north of Kerala, this place is famous for the temples located in it. Kottiyoor Vadakkeshwaram Temple and Parassinikkadavu Muthappan Temple are two of the most famous temples of worship. But my plan on being on an Amazing Kerala tour packages was not to visit the temples but to get to the various other places which make this location a heaven on the earth for travel.
The first place which had been on my travel list was the Ezhimala hill. Rather than a tourist place, Ezhimala is known for the Naval academy located on the hilltop. As I got to the hilltop, the smell of the medicinal herbs that had been growing there caught my attention. The carved stone pillar is what took me from the bottom to the top of the hill where I got to see the best view of the sea. On walking a short distance I had reached the best spot from where I could capture the minuscule beauty of the place. The hill has also been mentioned in sacred books like Ramayana in Hindu mythology. There was no wonder that families, as well as friends, had been coming in groups here. The sea breeze could be felt from the top.
After spending some time framing beautiful pictures of the location, I climbed down and set off to the next destination which was the Ettikulam beach. The beach seemed to be quite calm and composed as not many people had been there. After striding on the lonely beach for some time I decided to have lunch from this Malabar region and undoubtedly, biriyani was on my mind. This district is in fact blessed with a lot of dishes in the form of snacks too. There are quite a lot of food bloggers who come to Kannur in order to travel through the food cuisine of the place. I had a very hearty lunch where hot chicken biriyani had been in my tummy.
Post lunch, I drove to the most famous Muzhupillangadi beach. It was far from where I had gone for lunch and took my more than an hour and a half to reach. Quite a lot of youngsters had been there driving on the beach. As it is the only drive in beach located in Kerala, tourists had also been driving around there witnessing the beauty of the neatly maintained beach. I decided to go on a short ride with my bike to the beach. The experience had been amazing as I had not expected to be at a smooth beach like it when I had done a ground study of my travel destinations. I sat back to enjoy the sun set from the place. As the night arrived, I got some dinner packed for me from a restaurant and went to the cottage I had booked for my stay. On being from a place like Surat, I had already seen a lot of factors that differentiated Surat and Kannur. The layout of both the places made me feel like Kerala was indeed an evergreen destination to be. On being on the Best Surat to Kerala Tour packages, I also felt that both the places were its own kind where Surat was famous as silk city and Kannur, for the nature it held together. The factor that Surat was a metropolis city was also a major difference to be noted.
The next day I packed my bags and got ready to go to Kanjirakkolly. The major attraction here was the Alakapuri Waterfalls. On reaching the place I noticed that there were three phases of waterfalls in this location. I went to the phase where the water fell from the highest. This location bordered Coorg of Karnataka too. The water cascaded in 7 levels of rocks here, the view of which seemed alluring. Kurinji flowers bloom in this place in a time period of 8 years. The kids who had been there had been rejoicing in this nature hub along with their families. And the spot was undoubtedly a treat to the lens of any photographer. The rocks on the sides of the waterfalls are what added to the beauty of it.
The next place I reached up to was Paithalmala. It is probably one of the best places in Kerala to go on a trekking trip. While climbing up, a gang of people from Jaipur accompanied me. They had set on a tour through Kerala for 10 days which sounded pretty inspirational. On reaching the top, I had been exhausted but the view of the western ghats was not disappointing, instead boosted me much more after spending some time there along with them. From a city like that of Jaipur which is known as the pink city due to the hospitality they serve to their guests, they would have found a competition from the people residing at Kerala as none of us had a bad experience with them. On being on the Enchanting Jaipur to Kerala tour packages, they had also escaped from the metropolis city in search of some place where they could feel refreshed. Even though there are a lot of places in North India for tourism, if the main motive is to explore nature, Kerala is the best place for it.
Before leaving the place I also had a final place to go which I had added into my plan yesterday. The ritual form, Theyyam, which is known to be belonging to this state was being performed in a temple premises for a local festival. So I drove to this place in order to capture the sights of this powerful dance. The expressions and the myths and rituals which were being recited by them seemed to be extremely powerful. The way they dress up for it is also very fascinating. It adds on to the performance too. My Kannur trip had come to an end on it and on having experienced the culture of the whole place I realized that the people here were purely at bliss. I caught the next train back to my native along with my bike on the satisfaction of a great trip to Kannur.
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