Kovalam
offers an endless sight of coconut
trees with the silvery sea shining
through the green fronds.
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Kovalam
Climate
The normal tourist
season is from Sep-May, as the
summer months get very hot
and humid. The monsoons are
beautiful and winters are very
pleasant.
Language
Malayalam is the most
prevalent language but one can communicate in basic
English in tourist
places.
The
crescent-shaped beach has
three parts, separated by
outcrops jutting out to the sea.
The southern most beach, the most popular, is the light house
beach, which offers an amazing sight of
Vizhinjam mosque. The
northern beach -
Samudra, a laidback one where time seems
to stand still. In the middle, lies the
Hawah Beach , named thus for
the topless European women who
used to throng the area. It was the first topless beach in
India. Topfree bathing and parading is banned
now
except in private coves owned by resorts.
Early in the
day, Hawah beach is a beehive of activities
with fishermen setting out for sea.
With a high rock
promontory and a calm bay of blue
waters, this beach paradise creates a unique spell on
moonlit nights. The sands on the beaches in Kovalam are
partially black in colour due to the presence
of limelite and
thorazite.
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