Stroll around the town during the dusk time when the city comes to life.It is advised not to venture out alone late into the night
Find local bargains and shop for souvenirs.
Watch the magical sunset from the Shankumukham or Veli beach
Get pampered with a traditional Ayurvedic massage
Visit the local museum and art gallery.
Visit a martial arts centre Kalaripayattu
Watch traditional performers perform a Kathakali dance.
Watch a temple procession at the end of a local festival when the deity is taken out on the top of an elephant.
Watch a Malayalam / Bollywood movie no subtitles in a local cinema.
Check the newspapers for daily events, especially theatre/film/dance performances. Try to find out if anything is on at the Tagore theatre when you're there, especially during the film festivals which
screen art house classics from around the world.
Take a rain walk - if you're there during the monsoons, buy an umbrella and walk from place to place in the magical monsoon.
Laze around on any of the pristine beaches.
Visit the public library for its stunning architecture and colonial charm.
If you're there during the Onam season, be sure to pass by the secretariat building and the kanakakunnu palace for the brilliant illuminations. If it's Christmastime, walk down a little further to the L.M.S compound to see the awesome collection of Christmas stars.
A long breezy stroll on Veli beach with its kilometres of the orange beach is precious. Take note, as you move past the 'Tourist Village' zone you'll come into areas where the locals live by the beach, they may question you. They're trying to be friendly to the 'new face', so feel free to chat up or move on giving them a friendly wave! Here you can witness the fishermen sail back in the evening and mend their nets. Perhaps join the local kids in a game of beach ball or cricket. There is a strip on the left of the boating club where you can find sea eagles circling in the air, it is a majestic sight to see them swoop in for their prey, and then devour it mid-flight.
Opportunities for foreigners to work in Kerala used to be very limited. The dramatic advances in the information technology sector have probably changed this. But the companies still prefer to use the locally available and hence more economically viable manpower.
To work in India, you need employment visa. The prospective employer has to send a letter providing information about your qualification to the home ministry in India.
Yoga Classes
Kathakali dance and associated arts including the percussion instruments and make-up
Kalaripayattu
Malayalam and its rich literature
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