Visit to a lighthouse

Along with the visit to the fishing village when the boats were returning from the catch, another highlight of our holiday was a visit to the Muttom lighthouse.

The lighthouse from our living quarters . . .

Established in 1882

Looking south from the top of the lighthouse

Looking north . . .

View of the Muttom beach

The huge reflectors used to send to throw the beam

View of the spiral staircase

Another view of the spiral staircase. Was reminded of Tintin in the 'Black Island'

The tickets . . .

A visit to the fishing harbour . . .

We spent 2 days relaxing at a quiet fishing village some 70 kms away from Trivandrum city. The place's name is Muttom, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. Few of the snaps taken on the day we visited the local village fishing harbour early morning when the fishermen were returning after a whole night of fishing. 

Waiting for the boats to return . . . 

The first boat coming . . . 

Getting the boat ashore . . . 

Whoa . . That is a large one

Another boat coming in . . . 

Still more boats coming in . . .

Saw fish to heart's content . . .

Auctioning the day's catch

A Ray Fish . . . 

More fish . . . 

We wished we had taken a freezer along . . .