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accessible sand beaches and thickly wooded hills as our destination for honeymoon.
It is the only place on the east coast where the hills (Eastern Ghats) and the sea
meet. We started at night for Vizag in Chennai Mail and reached after noon next day.
We planned to stay at Rushikonda, APTDC Hotel, just 8 km from Vazag city.
Rushikonda beach is a picture perfect setting with golden sands, surf, and sea and
hill cottages overlooking the grand vista.
For lovers of swimming and water
sports like skiing and wind surfing,
Rushikonda is an ideal destination.
At the end of a grueling session, one
can always chillout at the bar cum
restaurant attached to the cottage.
Next day we started for local site
seeing tour at morning from APTDC
office. We first visited to one of the
most exquisitely sculpted shrines of
Andhra Pradesh, Simhachalam
temple which is situated 16 km from
Vizag among thickly wooded hills.
The beautifully-carved 16-pillared
Natya mantapa and the 96-pillared
Kalyana mantapa bear testimony to
the architectural brilliance of the temple. The image of the presiding deity, Sri
Lakshminarasimha Swamy, is covered by a thick layer of sandalwood paste.
We then moved to the last destiny of our tour, the Vaizag harbor for a breadth taking
boat ride. We are overjoyed by view of
Dolphin Nose which is the most
prominent and unforgettable iconic
landmark of Visakhapatnam. It is a
single and massive hillock of more than
350mts height, resembles the Dolphins
nose hence the name. It protects the
Visakhapatnam Harbour as well as the
Head Quarters of Eastern Naval
Command. Visakhapatnam Port Trusts,
Light House is situated on top of the hill
and guides the approaching ships to
Visakhapatnam. The port channel cuts in
between three hills which emphasis the
lovely topography of Visakhapatnam. Ross Hill, the highest mount named after Mr.
Ross, local authority, who built a house on it in 1864, Darga konda, has a mosque
and a shrine of a Muslim sage Ishaque Madina, who was revered for his prophecies.
Sri Venkateswarakonda has a temple, which was built by Capt. Blackmoor in 1886.
Above picture shows the vintage Lyland make Bus which took us to the port. This
was the end of our hang out for the day and we started for our hotel cherishing the
overwhelming memory of the scenic beauty we observed all thru the day.
Next day morning we came to Vizag station
and occupied the reserved compartment of
famous Kirandul Express suppressing the
excitement inside. After an hour or two we
came to a place which we couldnt forget
even in our life time. The journey to Arraku
valley on the Eastern Ghats with thick forest
and water falls on both side and a number
of tunnels gave us a breath taking and
memorable experience.