My Views On Life: Hotel Tamilnadu

Monday, February 4, 2008

Our Trip To Kanyakumari - Day 1 Arrival

We started on Saturday 26th Jan by early morning flight (6.30 am) to Trivandrum..Thank God..eventhough it was Air Deccan flight ,it reached on time..We reached Trivandrum by 8.30 am..Took a AC taxi from Airport to Kanyakumari..

[[Taxi charge was around 1450 for AC...we should have taken Non AC as weather was very good in the morning..not hot at all...so wasted 450 Rs over there..Non AC was only 1000/-]]

We booked a deluxe cottage in TTDC hotel -Hotel Tamilnadu 2 weeks back .Had hell lot of difficulty in locating the hotel as we were asking the locals about Hotel Tamilnadu which they didnt even know..Someone even told us that there is no such hotel in KanyaKumari:)..finally we started asking them TTDC hotel..they showed us the exact route..it seems that everyone over there call this hotel as Tamilnadu Tourism Development Hotel and not Hotel Tamilnadu:)

We entered the hotel..at first it was looking like a vast deserted area..One guard who was standing outside helped us to locate the reception..there we could see a lady who talks tamil and little English..Dileep knows Tamil so it was easy to manage..

We expected atleast 2 star treatment..but even though we didn't recieve that much ,one guy helped us to

take our luggage to our Deluxe cottage which is normally booked for Tamilnadu MP's..From outside it looked like a dormitary..But inside it was neat ..but bathroom was dirty..Deluxe cottage had 1 Main Hall,Balcony,Bedrrom,Dressing Room & Bathroom.Hotel is situated infront of the beach and next to Kerala house ..from Balcony we can see sunrise ,Thiruvallavur Statue,Gandhi Mandir and view point..its nearby to all the tourist attractions in Kanyakumari..Baywatch is just 2 kms from here..walkable distnace..Cottage Charge was 1000/- +120/- (tax) per day..only stay.Food is provided in the restaurant.Only Veg food..

Bedroom with TV & AC.