Kerala's best beaches in Varkala! Cliff cafes, sea food and things to do w/ Tanya Khanijow

Kerala is one of the most beautiful states in India for traveling and a road trip. In this series we are going to cover 5 main destinations by road - Wayanad, Athirapally falls, Vagamon, Varkala, and Alleppey. In this episode, I'm in Varkala, with some of the best beaches! It has places like black sand beach, and North Cliff, restaurants like Inda Cafe and Kerala God's Own Country Kitchen.

I actually traveled to Kerala from Karnataka and took an RT-PCR negative report with me while travelling and in this episode, I stayed at Cliff Stories, which is a really nice place for relaxing and staying at. 😀

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0:00 Introduction
0:24 Day 1
0:49 A mini-tour of Cliff Stories (place of stay)
1:11 Sometimes it’s okay to not have a travel plan
1:20 Don’t forget this if you want to see around
1:39 North Cliff Market
1:57 Come here if you’re a seafood lover
2:11 What to expect in the market
2:35 Most artsy cafe of the town!
3:26 Skillshare ad
5:07 Day 2
5:43 Varkala scooter rent
6:01 Lunch with a gorgeous beach view
7:03 Black Sand Beach (really!?)
7:43 Riding the ocean on a hand-stitched boat
9:35 Dolphins! There you see!
9:55 Varkala brings out the curious kid in you
10:43 A rejuvenating sunset to die for
11:59 I ate what local fishermen eat in Kerala
12:35 Day 3
12:45 Planning of activities
13:15 Why swimming & boogie-boarding are must-dos on beaches
15:43 Best place for lunch in Varkala (vegetarians, take note)
16:53 Stunning sunset at Kappil Beach
17:55 The truth behind travel packing
18:22 Surfing at Varkala (Bucket-list alert)
20:30 Things to know about surfing at Kappil Beach
21:19 A pro surfer sharing his experience
22:07 An ode to Kappil Beach
22:52 The End

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[TanyaKhanijow]

For all the people passing random judgement, remarks and what not, thanks for all the views. 😅 I hope you know, I’ll still wear what I want to, because I can. I can trek in full 5 layers of clothing and wear a swimsuit when it’s hot outside and I feel comfortable. I can because I work for it. And yeah, I’ll still be proud of what I build - career wise or physique wise. So, I’m sorry not sorry for the thumbnail, or for the freedom of choice. And for everybody who wants to say crass things, I don’t think you’ll will ever be in a mature romantic relationship at this rate in your adult life.

P.S. somebody said in comments that he’s unsubbing because of the thumbnail; because this is not hard work, it’s just a click bait. 😂 Well, thanks for showering me with your idealism. If you’re this classy, then please see, for me wearing a bikini is finally normal in life. But I guess for you it’s not. And you still feel the need to drop a hate comment before leaving. 😅

P.P.S. I’m happy with how I look, what I wear and how I create videos because I work on my self-confidence consistently. But I do hope this message inspires somebody to work towards what you want to achieve without the fear of judgement ✌️

P.P.S. Stay tuned for the next episode. ❤️

[waitwha]

"Men of culture, we've arrived"

[NIRAJKUMAR]

I have huge respect for the vloggers travelling across India and creating beautiful content, they are going to bring the golden age of tourism in India!

[krisdaniel]

I work in Bengaluru but from Kerala and varkala is close from my hometown and one of my favourite beaches in India . Whenever I recommend varkala to anyone I shoe them this video 😃😎😎thanks Tanya this is the one of best videos in Varkala 😊 thanks P.S : ignore all negative comments . This is a great video

[vickeykumar]

15:15 thumbnail which u have come here for??🤣

[anisurfer]

Props to the audio/video crew. The beach scenes with dolphins, crow-crab fight was amazing, like watching a high-budget documentary.

[farismohamed]

varkala is in my city, just 30 minutes drive.i also visit there plenty of i was not knowing varkala was such an amazing you tanya for showing me the real beauty of my varkala

[TwiningLife]

Thumbnail dekh k kaun aaya h😅😂 Anyway content and physique both 💯👍

[sasisasi]

That thumbnail pic burns 😍almost every guy even without matchstick

[malhar]

Men of culture, we meet again, representing our strong unity and well deserved values towards appreciating art.

[harshkum]

it's so wholesome to see that you shared the parts of travelling that are stressful (packing, unpacking).

[charrylopez]

I'm from the Philippines and this video makes me wanting more to travel to India.☺😍 Been planning and hoping to be able to do so next year and visit Kerala. I would say Kerala is indeed a beautiful place.

[samar]

I have met people like Verghese who don't tell secret places preserved from the crowd. 👏👏

[satyavrattiwari]

Through your travel series around Southern part of India one myth has been busted that India too has its own beautiful beaches (other than Goa)! Amazing video 🙌❤️

[pranjalrai]

My heart sinks when people point out silly things in a good 23 minutes of wholesome content. I mean I've been watching her videos since donno when and she's one of the people whom I respect a lot because of the fact that she brought the travel vlogging culture in India and also inspired a lot of females willing to choose travel vlogging as their career. I've travelled a lot of places through her vlogs. I'm a student currently but eagerly waiting to travel to a lot of places like her when I'm employed. Keep up the good work Tanya ma'am, you bring a smile to my face every time I see your videos. :)

[baijayantasenchowdhury]

Takes me back to 2016 May-June. Trivandrum ILP days as a TCS fresher chilling in varkala with the gang and enjoying the surf n sun every weekend. What a crazy 2 months in Kerala that was. Thanks for refreshing the memories. Smoked some great Kerala gold at night in varkala beach shacks. It's so sad that kids these days have no ILP in other states. They miss out on the freedom and friendships and just-out-of-college vibes.

[karaday]

The best part of this vlog was trying to figure out are you seriously alone or do you have someone else! and that someone else have hided him/her self so well especially your fisherman’s boat ride drone shots!

[Logical_Arunav]

15:10 looks impressive, the aesthetics of Kerala especially the curvy mountain side beaches are mind blowing!!

[abrahammathew]

As a Btech Final year student from Kerala thanks for Covid for messing up my college life and travel plans.
Great video and hope you like Kerala🤩🤩👍👍

[divineshotru]

This thumbnail is going to be very inspiring to millions ahead!!!