The never-ending season of outing along the costal Kerala continues as we decided to explore the still backwaters of Poovar. On the 17th of June, an enthusiastic 15-member squad kicked off the journey from the East Fort junction, Trivandrum. Suresh had brought bagful of ‘medhu vada’ to keep up the energy levels. It took less than an hour to reach the ‘Isola di cocco’ resort. Plenty of games; cricket, volleyball, football and boating to name a few and; the swimming pool to keep us cool.

Though it was a nice trip, the beach was not up to our expectations. The seawater and atmosphere around was filthy. I don’t know who to blame, is it that we arrived on a bad day or is it the same all through the year. Neither the backwaters were as good as we thought. Peyush had a narrow escape from being hurt by a broken glass piece. However we had enough fun off the coast.

I would prefer Kovalam than Poovar.
Lessons learned: Web sites can misguide at times.