My Travel Kingdom: Mascot Beach Resort

Day 1 :

We started from Mangalore around 7.00am by train and reached Kannur at 9.30 am. There are many trains between Mangalore - Kanuur. (fare Rs 26/-) It was a sunny day. Received a warm welcome by one of our family friend Mr. "Sivaji" who offered breakfast at "India coffee House".

Mascot beach resort is around 3 kms away from the city railway station If you hire a taxi, he would charge you not less than 100/- bucks and by auto 20-30 bucks. We traveled in taxi and reached resort around 10.30 am.no much formalities at the reception as we had already booked room for 2 adults and 2 kids. Thanks to Jeethu Sekhar - Owner of Mascot who was very courteous over the phone and gave us rooms in discounted price before he could leave to Frankfurt.

The minute kids entered the room, they were excited and to my surprise, it was better than what I had imagined. Spacious a/c room with beautiful sea facing balcony.King sized bed, a dining table, 2 small diwan cots, dressing mirror, cupboards were the interiors of this room. Bathroom had a bath tub.
We freshened up for a while and headed towards payambalam beach, which is close to 2 kms again. Kids had the beach fun utmost. They never wanted to come back. I was busy in clicking photographs as usual and mom was relaxing by wetting her feet in the salty water which was giving her great relief. Back to resort for lunch and we enjoyed traditional kerala thali.We relaxed in the afternoon. By evening we were invited at Mr. Sivaji's house which was at Puthiyatheru to celebrate his grand daughter's Birthday.

Day 2 :

After the complimentary breakfast we headed towards kannur fort (St. Angelo) by auto is a fort facing the Arabian Sea, situated 3 km from the town of Kannur.St. Angelo's Fort was built in 1505 by Dom Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of India and is on the Arabian sea coast about 2km from Kannur town. It was attacked in vain by the local Indian ruler Zamorin and kolathiri in the Siege of Cannanore (1507).

Our next visit was to The Arrakkal Museum. It is a museum dedicated to the Arakkal family, the only Muslim royal family in Kerala, south India. The museum is actually a section of the Arakkalkettu (Arakkal Palace). The durbar hall section of the palace has been converted into a museum by the Government of Kerala. It was opened in July 2005 after a Rs. 9,000,000 renovation.

Although renovated by the government, the Arakkalkettu is still owned by the Arakkal Family Trust and does not fall under the control of the country's archaeology department, the Archaeological Survey of India. The government had taken a keen interest in preserving the heritage of the Arakkal Family, which had played a prominent role in the history of Malabar. A nominal entry fee is charged by the Arakkal Family Trust from visitors to the museum.

After noon we relaxed at resort. Kids utilised the swimming pool to the max while I was watching and capturing their excitement. mom was tired hence she was sleeping in the room. Night was great. We had beach side candle light dinner. The resort was illuminated during night. A peaceful dinner.

Early morning post breakfast, we went around the resort. There is a light house close to the resort.(Please check the timings before you visit. I guess it is 1 hr in the morning and 1 hr in the evening) A beautiful garden is been maintained.

We returned back packed our luggage left resort by 10.30. we had time till 2 pm. Kept our luggage in the cloak room did some shopping in city center mall and some close by streets and then back to Mangalore.

Other places to see: Parasinakadavu temple, snake park, vismaya amusement park.

Traveled during Oct 2011.