The Beach

            Alapuzhas beach is a sedate and rather plebeian, echoing the spirit of the town. The southern end of the beach has a large statue of a fisher woman cradling a baby in her arms while at the northern end the century-old pier extends in to the sea. The light house , in banks of red and white , soars into the sky just behind the beach front buildings , unchanged since its construction in 1862.Even the high compound wall around it and the domed entrance , streaked with grime and tinged black with age , remain the same . There is also the ‘Thykkal Beach’ near Cherthala , doted with fishing boats and famous for the relics of an old wooden boat at ‘Kadakkarapally’ excavated a couple of years back. The site is enclosed and the protected boat is on view only during summer.