Kanyakumari - Sunrise and Statues

As I promised myself and the rest of my comrades, woke up ten minutes before my alarm set time. My tongue dried down as if I was walking in a desert and it was mostly because of the alcohol the previous day night .We have cleaned ourselves and reached the sunrise point before the crowed settled there. I have already asked the google goddess and be informed that the sunrise would be around 6.35AM. The crowd gathered around the bank of the sea with DSLR cameras tugging around their neck like ornaments and all the smart phones were taken out to capture the sun as if he would never come back or would never rise again. Meanwhile, we were tempted by the local photographs to get our faces snapped along with the rising sun and we were shown some pictures of people holding the sun in their hands, some one pinching the sun, someone even opening their mouths as if swallowing the sun. In the crowd, we were accompanied by some pretty Kerala girls so it was not like waiting at all.

The sun eluded us for some more time and around 6.45 AM, we heard some bell ringing and a small prayer - I was baffled but was told that it indicates the arrival of our king sun. At last, he has come out, Piercing the grey and blue clouds then rising high onto the sky. It was a beautiful scenery of the Sun rays falling onto the sea water and glimmering with a pride and beaming with an amusement whatever it was..but a worth waking up early in the morning. Next in our plan was to see the Vivekananda rock and Thiruvalluvar statue. It was a five minutes boat ride and as the queue was very long, visited the Gandhi memorial near the shore of the sea to kill some time. There are stair cases to reach to the top of the tiny memorial building, from there the sea view was good and can click few good picks also. I always like sitting on the beach or just watching the blue sea waves coming towards you and touching your feet and going back again. That waves fills me up with a great sense of calmness, a serene feeling mobs my mind. Such a joy to watch just that plain water waves rushing and creating the white bubbles. When we stood in the line to board into the boat to reach the Vivekananda rock, a series of old people wearing the blue caps appeared, it seemed they have come part of the tourist package.

We were given some dirty live jackets kind of thing for the five mints journey. The Vivekananda's rock spreads near the sea shore in the mansion like structure, we were led to a room and shown the foot prints of swami Vivekananda and in the background melodies karnatic music was playing which was so apt for the mood and the location. And the highest point in the rock has another room where the Vivekananda statue was stood and marbles and the walls are so authentic. The sea view from the rock was stunning. You just stand near the barricade like wall structure and look at the blue water, while the cold breeze kisses your face. it was so soothing and calm over there to just listen the sound of the waves and enjoying the site of the sun rays spreading on the sea water giving it that thick blue color and somewhere far, a small boat loaded with few people was going for fishing. While coming back, seen small birds were standing near the rocks and when the waves were hitting the rocks then the bunch of birds going away from the water, and when the water backed off then the birds were reaching towards the water to catch the few small fishes that were fetched along with the water,

During the afternoon, visited the Aqua world that housed the variety of fishes. Among the variety of fishes - some were lazy, some were shy, some were energetic and enthusiastic. Some were so moody as if they got tired showing up their skills to all the viewers throughout the day. parrot fish, gold fish, snake kind of fishes were special.

At the end of the day went to a near by church and i just do not know how to pray in there. the women there looking at us skeptically, honestly speaking the architecture of the church was good so wanted see and experience it, but spending the ten to fifteen minutes there was good. just sitting and doing nothing and absorbing into the silence was something really good.

As it was the time the sun bidding goodbye and going back to his den, we set our journey back to the familiar land of ours and its adieu to kanyakumari.

Kanyakumari ---> Journey Starts

It has been almost two months since I was planning for this trip but could not materialize it because of the various reasons.And this time i didn't want to miss visiting this bottom most part of India. packed all the things for the two days.There were two roots to reaching it from my place.We have chosen the second root as the google search of it suggested that the distance was less compared to the first but soon after, just thirty minutes into the journey, realized that the road taken was wrong.It was a bumpy ride with the bus taking twists and turns along the snake like road crossing each tiny village on the way and occasionally puffing our faces with the dust. Adding more misery to it, the leg room in the bus was less that made my knees hurt. People were getting into and out of the bus but still we were short of our destination.The only respite was the site of the wind turbines standing tall in the green fields and rotating its wings as if dancing to the rhythm of the music composed by the air. It was great to watch as the sun about to disappear from the green fields. Spreading the light red and white rays on the wings of the turbine.

Our plan was to reach it before sunset and enjoy the sun disappear into the enormous sea water. It was apparent that the sun was going to set in the kanyakumari and even in the rest of the India while we were in the bus itself. By the time we reached kanyakumari, it had become pitch dark. Checked in a hotel nearby the beach. As already missing the sunset,we decided to gulp some drinks to compensate it. Before settling in the bar, we took a stroll at the near by shops. This time I have tried some new drinks starting with red wine and ending with my favorite magic moments. The sea food was delicious.Whether it was because of the soreness of the brandy or the sweetness of the vodka, the tongue craved for more spice that was adequate in the prawn and fish starters. It was past midnight when we have gulped the last 60ml antique blue whiskey and making it settle with the other drinks in our stomach.We rambled along the deserted roads and cherished the tranquil environment with a joint and reached the hotel room.

In a dizzy and tiredness, I not only took a oath to wake up early in the morning but also warned and intimidated others to do the same.And excited to experience the sun emerge out of the sea water, piercing the clouds and rising above our heads. A sunrise awaits tomorrow...