Travel Experiences: Kozhikode(calicut)

Beautiful city in the state of Kerala on the Malabar Coast. Took morning train, reached by the afternoon, 4 hours, 191km journey from Ernakulum. First thing I did was, took a walk towards Rahmath Hotel, best biryani place. You need to come out of the calicut station from fourth platform and walk 500m straight. Just beside right of Rahmath hotel juction, SM Street, busiest market place where we purchased Kozhikode Halwa. Lot of varieties from simple/plain to mixed ingrediants like cashews, dry grapes and ghee...

To the left of the Rahmath Hotel junction, take a walk around 1.5 km straight, there you find the beach, great place to hangout with family or friends and you have to know about this "Vasco da Gama lands in Kozhikode on 20 May 1498". Walked almost along the beach, captured sunset, fishermen boats, birds flying, children playing in sea water and with skylines. Best thing I had here was 'Ice Achar' mixture of crushed ice, fruits, vegetables, venegar. I had spicy(eruvu) one. We can get Madhuram(sweet taste) one too. Had Pineapple piece and Gooseberry(Vusiri/nelli) which are actually preserved in the venegar jar Rs:5/- per piece. Couldnt find Masala Tsunami drink.

People speak hindi well here. Asked a guy about the route to EMS Corporation Stadium. He gave pretty good clarity about the way and transport I need to take. Took a bus from Kozhikode Muncipal Corporation to Stadium. Forgot to mention about Mananchira Square, I couldn't manage to visit this park but just touched on the way to stadium. U23 nagjee football tournament between Argentina and tsv 1806 münchen at 7pm, enjoyed a match from gallery, TSV played really well and won by 3-0.

Day went pretty well as I planned but missed two places, Regional science planetarium and mananchira Square.

After the match, me and my colleague cum friend Shimil went to Rahmath hotel again to have dinner. Biryani again, took halwa from SM street, couple of glasses of lime and took a walk to beach. Again Ice Achar and butter milk. The day ended with 3 Ice achars, 2 biryanis and limes. Hired a auto to railway station, No direct trains so went shorunur junction and then to Ernakulum.

Need to visit again with perfect plan to cover more places. Autos with meters even in nights, you will never find this in ernakulum.