A day at Kanyakumari forest guest house

 

 

Forest guest house at Kanyakumari is in a beautiful location, having the entire view of the sea from a reasonable height. It was really a pleasure that spent a night at the guest house which is  on the way to the sun set point. Guest house is having 4 rooms and  given exclusively to the officials . We reached there at noon. From the main gate, it is a steep concrete road that leads to the portico. There is a small well ,may be planned as a fountain or lotus pond, but not completed. There is no trees to sooth the day heat, hope forest department will plant a few trees soon .

Two staff were there to welcome us, a very pleasant welcome. The building has a visitors’ room and staff facilities in the ground floor .First floor is exclusively structured for the guests with a common dining hall. We were in two rooms , very spacious with hall, bed room and open veranda to enjoy the sea. Very small, but fast moving birds are there in plenty, in addition to the crows. To protect the veranda from flying trespassers, the  authorities stretched fishnet throughout the open space.

After settling, we asked them to arrange vegetarian lunch for us. They ordered very tasty food from the restaurant , arranged it in banana leaves. We enjoyed it, took rest till evening. Evening, we went out to see the amenities built recently under the supervision of  the District Collector at the beach side. Kanyakumari, in fact, lacked open resting place and walk ways , that would entertain hundreds of guests who spend minimum a night at the triveni sangamam. That limitation is overcame now with modern pavements, lighting, benches in two stretches . We enjoyed walking in that area , came back and spent time till mid night watching the sea and its musical rhythm. In between, ate masal dosa , plain dosa etc that were arranged by the staff. In the morning hours, it is interesting simply sitting on the veranda and watching the movement of vehicles, sea waves and the fast moving birds ahead. On the right side of the building is an open land that was given to ISRO and adjacent to it is a waste processing unit. The waste processing is not yet started on large scale, but luckily, no bad smell emitting from there. No idea, what will be the future of that dump yard!

After breakfast, we returned with loving memories!!