One day @ Kozhikode (Calicut)

On 10th november 2013, I visited calicut, purpose is to meet one of my friend and also to see the city. Even though I am from kerala I didn't visit there recently.
I reached calicut around 1 pm after noon. First I met my friend and then had lunch. After that headed towards Mananchira Square. Its a small garden and place to sit or hang around.

Mananchira Square Kozhikode

After that I went to see the calicut beach. Even though its humid it was really good to be part of the crowd.

Kozhikode Beach

To my surprise my friend told that there are two malls , so after spending some time in the beach I went to see those malls.

One is Focus mall and another is RP mall.

I left calicut in the evening. While returning back to my home I get down at Kannur. In the late night there are less bus services and also less train between Kannur and kasaragod. There is a bus from Kannur to Kasaragod around 10.15 pm from Kannur Old bus stand. New bus stand is empty at that time and no bus will go there.

after 10.15 you have to go to Kannur Railway station if you want to go towards Kasaragod. There are two buses which will start infront of the Railway station around 11. These two buses are connection for Satabdi Express.

On September 14th  afternoon 2.30pm I started my journey to my home town from Bangalore .My home town is in Cheruvathur,  kasaragod district , Kerala State .

I traveled by road. The route I took is Mangalore - Bangalore Highway . This a partial Toll road. The toll road is very good we can travel in speed up to 140km/hr. But once it reaches sakhaleshpur the road is very bad. 30 km very bad stretch. It takes more than 2 and half hour to cover that distance.
So I suggest Mangalore- Mysore Road  via Iritty Thaliparamba or via Bylakuppe- Kushal-Nagar-Sullia - Kanhangad.

I reached my home on Saturday early morning around 2am. It took around 11 hours 30 mins. In between we stopped for 30 mins to take rest. 

Places to see in Kasaragod district.

1. Valiyparamba Back waters
2. Bekal Fort.
3. Chandragiri Fort
4. Idayilakadu
5. Guruvanam.

Also there is an old Yoga and Naturopathic Center, Kavil Bhavan Yoga and naturopathy located  at Nileshwar.

Nalanda Reort is a cheap and best place to stay.
Some of the pictures

While returning from kerala I took Mangalore- Mysore Road  via Iritty Thaliparamba. The road condition was very good , only around 4km stretch its very bad, as some road work is going on.
We cannot travel in very high speed in that road as there are lot of hairpin turn and also ghats.
Up to periyapattana we cannot travel in high speed , the average can be 45- 50 km/hr.

After reaching Periyapattana we went to Bylakuppe , which is  a famous Tibetan Settlement in India. That is a place of tourist attraction. There is a Tibetan Monastery called Golden temple and also Nunnery and lot of other Tibetan schools and establishments.

Below are some of the photos from Bylakuppe.