Varkala and Odayam

After Kumily I went to the beaches at Varkala and Odayam in the Kollam district of Kerala.  OMD has been here a few times before back in 2009, and both places are now more developed.  Here's Anjengo Fort and its lighthouse which is a few kilometres from Varkala beach.  It's hard to believe that hundreds of British and Indian soldiers were massacred here over the years it was in operation, as now it's a palatial retreat from the activity of daily life in coastal Kerala.

 

This is around the Papansam temple at Varkala Beach.  It's a busy temple all year round, and people like bathing in the tank.

 

 

 

This is Odayam beach, which has a lot more choices of accommodation and larger sea defences since 2009.