As Blue As It Had Been In My Dreams

And if you have one last chance of learning something from somebody’s mistake, learn from mine and NEVER ever visit Kanyakumari in summer.
It’s a nice place otherwise if you are travelling with family but if you are a group of friends, not quite the ideal place.

The water here is Blue and you have to see it to believe that I have not exaggerated at all. Do not even plan to stay anywhere that does not have AC if you are travelling at any point of the year except for winters. The local Auto-walas and Cab-walas could trick you a little here so brush up your bargaining skills before talking to them, unless you are exceptionally ready to spend unnecessarily.

There are two basic “touristy things” that you can do here, one is to visit the Vivekanada Memorial and the other is to watch the sunrise/set or both. My friends and I as Bengali-s were extremely happy to find a large stretch of Bengali food joints and people speaking Bengali, and Tamil of course. The Vivekanada Memorial is exactly how you have seen it in the post cards and Google images and yes, without any tinge of editing the water surrounding it looks that blue.

The Vivekananda Rock is situated mid water. The line for the water taxi that takes you to and from this place could be long so plan our time properly. Do not be as foolish as us and always carry/wear socks when you visit here because the Vivekananda Rock is expected to be explored bare foot and God Bless your bare feet in the heat that the rock absorbs and gives out eventually. No foot spa and pedicure will bring back the old state of the feet later, I warn thee :P
There is a very peaceful and beautiful meditation hall inside and if the loud tourists cooperate, you can actually find a little peace within very short span of time in the meditation hall.

If you can wake up early, you must not miss the sunrise. Most of the hotels would have a sea facing balcony/terrace and you need not travel too far to enjoy the beautiful sunrise. We missed the sunset by 3 minutes after getting misguided by a local cab driver regarding the sunset point, anyway, the ambience and breeze right after the sunset was beautiful enough. So another lesson from our mistake, plan your time and do not miss the sunset. We also rode this super slow road trams (I do not know the proper name ;) ).

Since we had half a day more to explore, we also visited a few temples, attended Sunday service at a local church and finally visited an old fort surrounded by water on three sides. It was amazing to see how nicely it is maintained still. Too much of coconut water for hydration and last minute beachside shopping ended out trip. There is nothing great about Kanyakumari but then, you can always travel here once, for the blue sea and beautiful sunrise and/or sunset at least :)