Seaside Homestay On The North Kerala Coast.
Driving our way up from Kochi to Goa we decided to a break for a few nights in Kannur. Ivory Coast’e home stay near Thottada Beach seemed an ideal place to do so. It is located very near to the Thottada and Kizhunna beaches near Kannur, at the same time it was away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
It was a bit difficult to locate his bungalow without GPS, and we had to phone Bipin when we reached Thottada village. He was very helpful and came out to the village to guide us home which was about 3 km inside.
We had a very clean and comfortable ground floor room with attached bathroom. The room was quite airy and we did not require the AC. It is a one storied bungalow with some rooms on the ground and some on the first floor. There is an open area dining room where we were served home cooked meals. There were some good books in the open bookshelf. We were so relaxed, my wife picked up a Sudha Murthy novel and finished it in one day. There was a hammock in the garden and a clothes line to dry our clothes. There are three bicycles which you can borrow and ride around the by-lanes of Thottada and Kizhunna villages. Free wi-fi was available in the common areas.
I would walk down to the pristine beaches nearby and take a morning walk on the clean sands. There were no stalls or shacks on the beaches, just surf, sand, waves, shells and sand piper birds. There were many other species of birds to be seen in the adjoining forests and bushes.
Bipin guided me the route to visit St. Angelo’s Fort and the Arakkal Museum, both of which were worth a visit. The next evening we visited the Muzhappilangad (Drive In) Beach, one of the longest driveable beaches in the world, and witnessed a lovely sunset.
We were served very tasty home cooked meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast included idiappams with potato stew, Puttu with Kadla curry, and Idli with coconut chutney. Lunch and dinner included rice or chapattis with a vegetable and a gravy dish and pappadams and curd. Fish was available on request.
We enjoyed our stay at Ivory Coast’e and would love to visit again.
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